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The Iron, found in Virginia, is used to brake Coalts, and called Cavison [cavesson]

A fragment (lime stone) from the Parapit of the Natural Bridge in Virginia

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

Coopers Banner carried by them in the procession in honour of Lafayette on the 28th of Sepr. 1824

A part of Lieut. James Gibbons Epaulet, who was destroyed in the Richmond Theatre, Decr. 26, 1811

Specimens of Penmanship (2 pieces) performed by the donor

A part of the rock on which General Wolf[e] died, on the plains of Abraham without the Walls of Quebec

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

The whole of the book Jonah in 4 chapters, written in short hand and presented by Mr. Jennings

A Gold Ring, found among the Ashes of the Theatre in Richmond

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

Some Copper from the Navy Yard after the Conflagration

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

Fragments of the Collums in front of the Capital [Capitol] after the destruction of it by the British in the late War

Wooden Chains, the Leaver, and Leveling Machine were presented by Judge Jones of Delaware