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An Iron Bullet, found in a Mound, in Franklinton (Franklin County Penna.)

A wooden Chain, cut out of the solid wood forming a chain without an End. Cut and presented by Jas. Griggins

A specimen of very small writing

Melted Copper, Iron &c. from the ruins of Mr. Duponts powder Mills near Wilmington

A hammer found in digging for mineral substances at the Mansfield Mineral Springs N. Jersey

A very singular and curious production of art, was found some years since in the River Delaware, at Kensington supposed to have been intended to dive to the bottom of the River, perhaps during the war

A spoon forged from a piece of Virgin (or native) Copper in its original state, without fusion

Spanish Spur, found on the River St. John, East Florida

A pot resembling curiously fabricated earthen pots found in South America found in Tennessee, 25 feet deep

Specimens of Penmanship (2 pieces) performed by the donor

A pair of Horse shoes

A Ball which was taken out of the Body of a British Sergeant

A keg intended to have been used with those that were employed in the Delaware in the late war

4 maps drawn by Edward S. Lewis at the age of 12 years.

Pieces of the Coverlet, Bed Curtains, and Fringe of W. Penn's Bed, formerly of Pennsbury Manor