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Rusian Reckoner, or Counters, such as are made use of in the East Indies, and in Rusia

Piece of a Bomb shell (which appears of such thickness as to have weighed 100 wt)

Piece of Brick from the Kolotsky monastery in which Napoleon slept the night previous to the battle of Borodino

A Bomb Shell (weighing 65 pounds)

A specimen of Calcarious cement from the ruins of a grand amphitheatre in the ancient ruins of Syracuse on the Island of Sicily

A Tear Pot from Herculaneum

A Vitrified Stone, Part of the Foundation of the Ruins of a Fort on the Western-most Point of the Island of Bute one of the Hebrides

A Button of the 64th Reg[i]ment, found at Castle Island Fort Independance in Boston Harbour

Shoe, and Silk stocking of Obrian the Irish Giant 8 feet 7-1/2 high

Copper taken in Aug. 1811 from the British Frigate Hussar

A Shell which was thrown i[n] to Fort McHenry, Baltimore by Admiral Cochoran [Cochrane]

A part of the shot fired into the US Frigate Chesapeake, by His Britanic Majestys Ship Leopard during her attack on the 22 of June 1807

An Antique Button of Corinthian Brass taken from the Coat of King John

picture of royal oak

A piece of the oak in which Charles the 2d. is said to have hidden himself when pursued

A Paper taken from one of the apartments of the Bastille, by the donor in July 1789