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Tracts issued by the Confederate States Evangeli- cal Tract Society and given out by colporteurs to sol- liers. Presented by Miss Kate Devereux of Raleigh.
Certificates of dependent relatives left by soldiers killed in battle or who died while in service.
Certificates for money borrowed by the Confederate States in 1864, bearing 4 per cent interest.
Allowance of claims by dependent relatives of de- erased soldiers for the amount found to be due such soldiers for pay.
Confederate bonds and those issued by the State of North Carolina. Presented by Charles H. Belvin of Raleigh.
CASE No. 19. Objects Illustrating War History of Colonel Kenan.
Relics largely illustrative of his services and mainly ient by Col. Thomas S. Kenan, commanding Forty-third N. C. Regiment. These include his call for recruits for his company in April. 1861: a picture of the com. pany: the order to it to report at Raleigh, dated April 25. 1861: letter to him from Commodore S. S. Ire, C. S. Navy; looking-glass used while a prisoner At Johnson's Island; tobacco bag and a pocketbook made by a sweetheart aml containing some of his Confederate pay money; furlough granted him to Weit his home. granted by the Confederate War De. partment : his pay voucher and his parole, dated May 12. 1865. at Charlotte; Confederate stamps in original sheets and envelopes containing prison money used by the Confederates at the Johnson's Island prisou :
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OBJECTS IN THE HALL OF HISTORY.
portrait of Colonel Kenan during the war; letter to him and other Confederate officers from Col. Charles W. Hill. U. S. A. commanding the prison at Johnson's Island. thanking them for the tender of their services for clerical work and expressing their liking for him : bills of the plays put on at that prison by the "Rebel. Thespians" and the "Rebellonians."
CASE No. 20. Objects Illustrating the Civil War Period.
Partial roster of Confederate prisoners of war at Elmira. N. Y. Lent by Mrs. R. J. Davis of Arcola, N. C.
Album with autographs of Confederate prisoners at Fort Warren. Boston Harbor, and book marks made by Capt. Thomas Sparrow, a prisoner there. Lent by Mrs. R. H. Lewis of Raleigh.
Chain made with a pocket knife by a Federal pris- oner in the Confederate prison at Salisbury.
Orders from Governor Vance to militia officers to resist the attack by the Federals upon the coast of this State.
Camp instructions prepared by Col. D. H. Hill, First Regiment N. C. Volunteers, April, 1562. Lent by Dr. F. J. Haywood of Raleigh.
Quill pen made by Henry M. Shaw for special use a- a delegate in signing the North Carolina Ordinance of Seversion. May 20, 1501. Presented through Chief Justice Walter Clark by W. B. Shaw of Madison, Wis- cousin.
Under for preser in canas issued by the Adjutant weueral for the North Carolina troops.
Photograph of the statue of the Confederate sol- dier surmounting the Confederate monument at Ra- righ before it was placed in position.
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Confederate muster rolls from the Kenan collec- tion.
Parched corn brought from Point Lookout Prison by Private George Cheek of Alamance County, 1864.
War songs of 1861.
Shoes of half-tanned leather with wooden bottoms, mitdle for slaves in 1663-165. Presented by Mrs. Florence P. Tucker of Raleigh.
Official certificate of the freedom of a colored wo- MULI. Presented by her son. Nelson Dunston of Ra- leigh.
Original reward for a runaway slave, 1826.
Bills of sale for slaves, men, women, and children. Presented by Ashby L. Baker.
List of slaves owned by a family and. sold at the rath of the owner. their prices ranging from $100 for an infant to $1.250 for a youth of 18 and $1,000 for a woman of 21.
Letter written by Mrs. Jefferson Davis to James H. Jones. the Davis coachman during the war. Pre- xpoted by Jones as one of the last letters written Before her death in New York City.
Picture of colored woman at Fayetteville who imesed four generations in one family.
Old State Bank bills and bill issued by an insur- Wer company at Greensboro, all being part of the price paid for a slave in 1564.
CASE No. 23.
Objects Connected with Wars of the United States. in Cuba, the Philippines, and China, in Which North Caro- lina Troops Were Engaged.
Cartridge ease from the cruiser Raleigh. Presented Dy Capt. J. W. Coghlan of the Raleigh.
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OBJECTS IN THE HALL OF HISTORY.
Six-pounder shell and cartridge case, complete. taken from the Spanish cruiser Roing Mercedes, sunk in action at Santiago. 1898. Presented by Hon. John H. Small of Washington. N. C.
Fragment of Spanish flag from the Morro Castle at Havana. Presented by R. H. Cowan of Pittsboro.
Cuban note for 200 pesos. Presented by Edward Ross of Wake.
Cuban small currency. Presented by John C. High of Connor.
Part of Spanish flag from Castello Principe. Ha- vana. Presented by Col. J. F. Armfield.
American flag displayed by Cubans in Havana on the entry of the First North Carolina Regiment. T. S. Volunteers. the first American troops to march through the city, and presented by a Cuban to Col. J. F. Arm- field of that regiment.
Canister shot from Morro Castle. Havana. Pre- sented by Fred A. Olds.
Fragment of the U. S. S. Maine. Presented by Fred A. Olds.
Cartridge for one-pounder rapid-fire gun of the Spanish cruiser Reina Mercedes. Presented by D. O. Maglenn of Raleigh,
Clip of Manser riffe cartridge captured at Santiago. Cuba. Presented by W. T. Dortch of Goldsboro.
Fragment of the Maria Teresa. flagship of the Spanish squadron destroyed at Santiago. Presented by Fred A. Olds.
Hawaiian half-dollar, silver. Presented by J. W. Bonitz of Wilmington.
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CUBA. THE PHILIPPINES, AND CHINA.
Caltrops. sharp pieces of metal put on the ground by the Filipinos to wound the American soldiers' feet. Presented by Fred A. Olds.
I'llipino spear point of wood. stuck in the bottom of pitfalls covered with reeds and earth. Presented by. Lawrence Nichols of Raleigh.
Rapid-fire gun cartridge reloaded by the Filipinos for use against Americans in 1900.
Flag captured from insurgent Filipinos by North $ Carolinians and originally captured By the Filipinos from a Spanish gunboat; also fag captured from a Filipino officer. Lent by W. T. Terry of Raleigh.
Filipino cigarette holder woven without seams from henry fiber.
Guido, musical instrument from Porto Rico. Lent by Thomas Dorteh of Raleigh.
Filipino banjo. Lent by J. A. Egerton of Goldsboro.
Filipino hymn-book in the Tagalog dialect. Pre- sented by Z. V. Babbitt of Kinston.
Filipino comb made of wood: also theater tickets and postage stamps issued by the Spaniards and I'nited States, and Spanish coins from the Philippines. Presented by Lawrence Nichols of Raleigh.
Revenue stamps from a hotel register at Matanzas, Cuba. one being placed beside each name registered.
Filipino fans, tree cotton and pina cloth, made of vegetable fiber and worn by the Filipino women.
Mexican dollar. current in the Philippines until the Tuited States occupation. Presented by Fred A. Okis.
OBJECTS IN THE HALL OF HISTORY.
CASE No. 24.
Photographs of the First and Second North Caro- lina Regiments in the war with Spain. taken in Ra- leigh and in Cuba.
Collection of United States paper currency in use from 1861 to 1878, when specie payments were re- sumed. Leut by Fred A. Olds.
Relies of Lieut. William E. Shipp, U. S. A., including field glasses, belts, gloves. and cap. Lent by the family.
UPRIGHT CASES.
Upright cases are numbered from 1 to 6; three con- taining Confederate flags; one Confederate flags and uniforms: one Confederate uniforms; one United States national and regimental tags and uniforms. together with flags of the War with Spain, the War Between the States, and the War with Mexico.
CASE No. 1.
Confederate battle flags of the 1st. 2d. 18th (2). 6th 22d. 23d. 26th. 28th (2). 24th. 6th N. C. Regiments ; also small silk flag on short staff, merely a limb of a tree, with initials "K. L. A." sewed on, and not get li- cated, but sent with all the other flags in this case by the United States War Department to North Carolina i: 1905, and labeled as having been captured in North Carolina, its staff showing that the flag has been much used.
CASE No. 2.
Confederate battle flags of the 13th (2). 18th. 12th. 20th. 4th. 28th, 24th. Cth. and 39th North Carolina Regiments ; also headquarters flag of Brig. Gen. Rufus
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FLAGS. UNIFORMIS, ETC.
Parringer. All these were returned by the United States War Department in 1905.
There is in this case the hand bell used ar Governor Tryon's palace up to the termination of its occupancy Vr the Royal officials in 1775. and later used by Gov- vruor Caswell and by the General Assembly. Pre- seated by Col. John D. Whitford of New Bern.
There are also three pieces of silver-plated ware, originally in use on the Peninsular and Oriental teamship line and later on the Confederate blockade- ranner Advance. bought and operated by the State and plying between Nassau and Wilmington. taking ont cotton and naval stores and bringing in mili- Tory and other supplies for the use of the North Caro- 'im troops and people. Afterwards these were in the Possession of various governors, and in 1903 were pre- wanted by Gov. Charles B. Aycock to the Hall of His-
CASE No. 3.
Confederate flags of the 30th. 55th. 46th, 47th (2, me the battle flag. the other the State flag). 14th. :2d. 34th (2). 28th, 58th. 54th. 52d. 50th, 35th ( State). woth (Stare). 3d and 4th Volunteers. All except the 14th. 34th. 50th. and 4th Volunteers were returned by the United States War Department: the others pri- vately presented. as follows: The 24th by the widow of Captain Colby of the 20 New Hampshire Regiment. which raptured it, through Mrs. Roscoe H. Chesley ·f Boston. Mass .; the 4th Volunteers. by Col. E. E. Criss of the 5th New Hampshire Regiment, which iprared it: the 50th by Fred A. Olds: the Eth by Maj. G. W. F. Harper of Lenoir : the 14th by Capt. W. T. Jenkins and G. M. Johnson of Littleton: the 31. by the DeRosset family of Wilmington.
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OBJECTS IN THE HALL OF HISTORY,
CASE No. 4.
Flag of the First N. C. Volunteers. made by the ladies of Asheville from their silk dresses in May. 1561, carried at the battle of Bethel. June 10. 1ºC1. bearing the embroidered inscription "Bethel." this regiment having been for its gallantry named the "Bethel Regiment."
Headquarters or division flag of Maj. Gen. Robert F. Hoke, bearing his autograph.
Headquarters or division flag of Maj. Gen. Bryan Grimes, made in England of silk and one of a hun- dred sent to the Confederacy by English ladies. This fag was at his headquarters at Appomattox April !. 1865, and was brought from there to Raleigh by Sher- wood Badger underneath his clothing.
Uniforms of Brig. Gen. James Johnston Pettigrew, Maj. Gen. Robert Ransom. Maj. Gen. William D. Pen- der. Brig. Gen. L. O'B. Brauch. Brig. Gen. Collett Leventhorpe. Maj. Gen. Robert F. Hoke. Brig. Gen. William R. Cox, the uniforms being mainly dress coats. There are also overcoats, capes. trousers, vests. caps. hats, and sashes, all the objects being loans from these officers or members of their families.
CASE No. 5.
Uniforms of all branches of the Confederate service and of all ranks below brigadier general. from colonel to private, including coats of Col. John R. Lane and Lieut. Col. John T. Jones of the 20th Regiment : Capt. Benjamin S. Skinner. 27th Regiment; Capt. George Pettigrew Bryan; Maj. Grabam Paves: Capt. Thomas Sparrow, Ist Regiment of Artillery; Lieut. Col. Fran- cis W. Byrd of the Bethel Regiment: Col. D. G. Cow- and. 32d Regiment : Maj. Rufus S. Tucker, Col. Charles
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FLAGS, UNIFORMS, ETC.
W. Broadfoot: Private William A. Branch; Private Thomas P. Devereux. 43d Regiment; Capt. Henry C. Albright. 26th Regiment.
There are also in this case other articles of uni- form, including caps. gauntlets, sashes, trousers, vests, hats, worn by these officers and enlisted men; also words of Colonel Coward.
CASE No. 6.
National and regimental colors. of the First North Carolina Infantry. U. S. Volunteers, in the War with Spain, these being the first American flags borne through Havana. National flag of the Plymouth gar- rison. captured in 1864 by Maj. Gen. Robert F. Hoke. C. S. A. Flags of the cruiser Raleigh at the battle of Manilla, July 1. 1898. Flag of the First N. C. Regi- mient. U. S. Volunteers, in the War with Mexico. Uni- form coat worn during the war of 1812 with Great Britain by Colonel Brogden of Wayne.
Uniforms of Ensign Worth Bagley, U. S. Navy, and other relics of him; also the original design of the bronze memorial tablet placed by the Navy Depart- ment on the torpedo boat Bagley.
Uniform coats and other relics of William E. Shipp, 10th Cavalry. U.S. A .. killed in Cuba.
Flag borne by Micajah Bullock of Granville County in 1781 as color-bearer of a regiment of North Caro- 'inn militia at the battle of Guilford Court-Honse. Luat by the Grand Lodge of Masons of North Caro- lina, by the consent and at the desire of B. F. Bullock arnt M. L. Winston, who made the gift of it to the Grand Lodge.
Dress coat worn by Private Charles W. Broadfoot of Fayetteville to Raleigh in April, 1861, as a member
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OBJECTS IN THE HALL OF HISTORY.
of the Fayetteville Independent Light Infantry, who was assigned to the First Regiment N. C: Volunteers, later known as the Bethel Regiment.
CASE No. 7.
This contains an exhibit of guns and pistols. from 1740 to 1900. in the collection being the following :
Dueling pistols made in 1740, carried by Capt. Hugi! Waddell in the French and Indian War and at the capture of Fort Duquesne (new Pittsburg), Pa., 1752. Used by him during the War of the Revolution and also in his duel with Gen. Benjamin Smith at South- port. Lent by Col. A. M. Waddell of Wilmington.
Dueling pistols used in several North Carolina duels. made in London. 1806, by the "Maker to the King and the United States." Lent by Col. John S. Cunningham.
English "Tower" musket carried by Sergeant Neill MeAlpin of Fraser's Highlanders of the British Army at the battle of Guilford Court-House. Lent by his grandson. S. J. Cobb of Lumber Bridge, N. C.
Musket. Tower of London, of the Fayetteville Inde pendent Light Infantry, 1793. Lent by Fred A. Okdls.
Pistol with brass barrel, made in London. 1750. Lent by Fred A. Olds; also octagonal barrel pistol used in the War of the Revolution.
Pistol of the noted pirate, Teach, or Blackbeard, of Bath. Lent by John B. Respass of Washington. N. C.
Dragoon pistol of the Revolutionary War. octagoud. brass barrel. Presented by Dr. C. W. Cason of Eden- ton.
Flint-lock wallpiece of Dutch manufacture used in the War of 1812 by N. C. troops. Weight 23 pounds. carrying billet of 3 ounces. Lent by Charles E. John: son of Raleigh.
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SWORDS AND OTHER WEAPONS.
Mississippi rifle. invented by Jefferson Davis and used by his regiment in the War with Mexico, the United States making these rides at the National Armory and many other troops being armed with them up to the Civil War. This specimen was carried by Thad M.Clenahan of the Mississippi Rides in the charge ou the Mexicans at Buena Vista, which saved the day and made Davis famous. Lent by Mrs. O. W. Black- nall of Kittrell.
Revolver captured by Gen. Bryan Grimes during General Rosser's raid in Virginia.
Confederate carbine made at Richmond. Presented by J. A. Egerton of Goldsboro.
English long Enfield rifle. imported for the North Carolina troops, used by the Fifty-eighth Regiment and never surrendered. Lent by Maj. G. W. F. Har- Der of Lenoir.
Confederate musket made at the Fayetteville arse- nal. Presented by Polk Denmark of Raleigh.
Revolvers used by the First and Second N. C. Cav- alry during the Civil War. Lent by Ivey Foreman of Raleigh.
Merrill carbine. captured from a Federal cavalry- man by Capt. Henry C. Albright of the Twenty-sixth N. C. Regiment. Presented by W. H. Albright of Liberty.
Remington ritle, captured from Federals by the Fifth N. C. Regiment.
Revolver captured at Chickamauga and used by a Confederate officer.
Burnside carbine, used in the Civil War. Captured by Confederates at Brandy Station, Va.
OBJECTS IN THE HALL OF HISTORY.
Early pattern percussion pistol. using caps and having six barrels forming the cylinder. Presented by E. S. Patterson of Wake.
Leonard's patent five-barreled pistol, barrel station- ary, hammer revolving.
Single-barrel percussion pistols of several types.
Colt's revolver, used in Mexican War, with ivory butt. Lent by J. K. Bryan of Warsaw.
Adams revolver used in the Civil War. Lent by G. H. Dortch.
Rifle musket. English-made barrel, stock made at Jamestown. Guilford County. 1862. Lent by D. G. Conn of Raleigh.
United States carbine from battlefield of Appomat- tox. Presented by Gov, R. B. Glenn.
Carbine. very unique breech. captured from the United States cavalry at Sharpsburg. Lent by D. G. Conn of Raleigh.
Colt's revolver used during the Civil War by Capt. C. A. Durham, known as the "fighting quartermaster." Lent by Mrs. C. A. Durham, Raleigh.
Spencer carbine used by U. S. cavalry in 1863. Pre- seuted by Fred A. Olds.
Rifle of English make, carried in 1863 by a soldier of the Forty-third N. C. Regiment.
Colt's revolver used during the war and in ISTO taken from the body of Tom Lowery. one of the noted Cron- tan ontlaws of Robeson County, killed by A. S. Wishi- art. who obtained the State reward of $5.000. Lent by I. E. Wishart of Lumberton.
Henry repeating rifle. captured from Federals by Confederates in General Kilpatrick's raid near Fay.
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etteville in March. 1565, and used by J. C. Ellington of Raleigh, who presented it.
Spanish revolvers, three in number. brought from Porto Rico by Maj. H. L. Grant. U. S. Volunteers.
Spanish revolver. French pattern. pin-fire, from Cuba. Lent by W. T. Dortch of Goldsboro.
Revolver of Henry Berry Lowery. who headed the Robeson County outlaws, carried in 1870. His name is carved on the butt. Lent by Miss Eloise McGill of Fayetteville.
Revolver made in 1854 and used by Gen. James Johnston Pettigrew, 1861-1863. Presented by members of family.
Springfield riffe, model 1654. used by the First North Carolina Regiment, U. S. Volunteers, at the outbreak of the War with Spain.
Lee rides, calibers 23 and 45. used by the United states Navy during the War with Spain.
CASE No. 8.
This case contains specimens of swords of all pe- riods and also other weapons illustrating the wars in Cuba and the Philippines, and the Boxer Rebellion in China. in which North Carolina troops took part.
Sword of a Crusader. made in England about 1200 and vouched for by the governor of the Tower of Lon- Non. Lont by Fred A. Olds.
Revolutionary sword. Lent by Cleophas Allen.
Revolutionary sword of Col. Frank Kilpatrick, car- rind by his son of the same name in the War of 1812 and in the Civil War by his grandson, George D Kil- patrick. Lent by A. J. Kilpatrick of Kinston.
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OBJECTS IN THE HALL OF HISTORY.
Cutlass used by an American sailor in the War cf 1812 and sword carried in that war by Capt. James Moore. Lent by James F. Moore.
Revolutionary sword made in Iredell County and carried by David Ramsey. Presented by bis grand- son. James L. Ramsey. "
Revolutionary sword worn by an officer of the Brit- ish grenadiers at Guilford Court-House. 1781. Leit by Charles E. Johnson of Raleigh.
Sword from the battle of Guilford Court-House. 1781. Presented by Guilford Battleground Associa- tion.
Sword of Caswell Askew, worn during the Revolu- tionary War and also during the War of 1812. Leut by Miss Sibyl Hyatt of Kinston.
Sword of Gen. William A. Blount. War of 1512. Presented by his daughter, Mrs. L. O'B. Branch.
Sword of United States infantry officer. from Ben- tonsville battleground. March. 1565.
Sword of Capt. John R. Otley, Thirty-second Regi- ment N. C. Troops, mortally wounded at Hare's Hill. 1865. Presented by Dr. W. L. Baylor.
Cutlass used by a sailor on the Confederate ram Albemarle at the capture of Plymouth, 1864. Pre- sented by Brainerd Whiting of Hamlet.
Sword with jeweled hilt and highly engraved plate and scabbard. Presented by the First N. C. Regiment in the War with Mexico to its major. Montford S. Stokes, and inscribed. "The Soldier's Frieud." Lent by his daughter. Mrs. (. N. Hunt of North Wilkesboro.
Sword of Capt. Benjamin S. Skinner, C. S. A. Lower part of scabbard struck by bullet. Lent by B. S. Skitt- ner, Raleigh.
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SWORDS AND OTHER WEAPONS.
Sword presented to Lieut. Col. Matt W. Ransom. of the First Regiment N. C. State Troops. C. S. A .. in 1561. Made in Richmond. Presented by Gen. Matt W. Ransom.
Sword surrendered by Lieutenant Boyle. adjutant Twenty-eighth N. Y. Regiment. U. S. A., at the battle of Cedar Run. to Captain Davidson, Seventh N. C. Regiment, who presented it to Gen. L. O'B. Branch of that battlefield.
Sword of Gen. L. O'B. Branch. C. S. A .. English pattern. with the royal arms on the guard, used until he was killed in action. Lent by members of his family.
Sword of Brig. Gen. Wessels. U. S. A .. commanding at Plymouth and surrendered by him to Maj. Gen. Robert F. Hoke. C. S. A .. at the surrender of that place and its garrison. May. 1864.
Sword. English officer's pattern. of Maj. Gen. Robert F. Hoke. Lent by him.
Sword captured from a United States officer and used by Maj. Gen. Bryan Grimes after his own sword had been shattered by a bullet at Chancellorsville. Lent by Mrs. Grimes.
Sword of Col. Z. B. Vance. Twenty-sixth N. C. Regi- ment. Lent by Fred A. Olds.
Sword of Col. Henry K. Burgwyn. second com- mandler of the Twenty-sixth Regiment, the youngest colonel in the Confederate Army. Killed at Gettys- burg. Presented by Col. W. H. S. Burgwyn, his brother.
Sword of Col. John R. Lane. the third commander of the Twenty-sixth Regiment. Presented by his nephew. Henry Clay Brown, of Raleigh.
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OBJECTS IN THE HALL OF HISTORY.
Sword of a Confederate officer of the Eighth Regi- ment N. C. Troops. Presented by Mrs. Margaret Call of Washington, N. C.
Sword of Gen. Collett Leventhorpe. of the British Army, afterwards brigadier general, C. S. A. Pre- sented by Mrs. Leventhorpe.
This case also contains lances of ancient and mod- ern pattern captured from the Filipinos and scab- bards of various swords and daggers in the case.
Spanish Mauser carbine captured by Lieut. Bradley J. Wootten, U. S. A., in the Philippines. Presented by Fred A. Olds.
Krag-Jorgenson magazine rifle used by First N. C. Regiment in the War with Spain. Presented by Fred A. Olds.
Mauser rifle. Spanish pattern. captured at Santiago, Cuba, 1898. by U. S. troops. Presented by Fred A. Olds.
Bolo or native knife taken from wounded Filipino by L. C. Nichols. U. S. A. Lent by J. A. Egerton. Goldsboro.
Kookery or East Indian knife used by part of troops there and also found in the Philippines. This speci- men was taken at the storming of Delhi, India, by British troops, in 1857. Lent by Fred A. Olds.
Filipino kreese or wavy-bladed knife, captured by Liput. Bradley J. Wootton. U. S. A. Lent by J. C. L. Harris of Raleigh.
Knife captured in the Philippines. 1902, and two other kookerys. Leut by Maj. Clarence O. Sherrill, C. S. A.
Machetes and machete-sword from Cuba. Lent by Fred A. Olds.
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THE PICTURE COLLECTION.
Cuban machete made in Connecticut. Presented by Capt. J. W. Cooper. U. S. Volunteers.
Machete carried for ten years by a Cuban insurgent in the long war with the Spaniards. 1868-1898, with which twelve Spaniards were killed. Lent by Fred A. Olis.
Cuban machete, short pattern, used in the Revoiu- tion against Spain. Presented by Robert H. Cowan. U. S. Navy.
Schofield-Smith & Wesson revolver, caliber 45. used by U. S. troops in Cuba, 1898.
Filipino kreese, with finely worked guard. Brought from the islands by Capt. Clarence O. Sherrill. U. S. A.
THE PICTURE COLLECTION.
The pictures are arranged generally upon the walls. but the four supporting concrete pillars are also used for them. They include 18 copies of the original paintings in the British Museum made by John White. the first "Governor of Virginia." at Roanoke Island. 1555-66. illustrating the Indians as the first English settlers found them. These paintings. the exact size of the originals, were made in 1907. and are lent by Col. Benehan Cameron of Raleigh.
Photographs of Queen Elizabeth and Sir Walter Raleigh, from the best portraits in existence, those Vy Zurraro. Presented by Mr. James Sprunt of Wil- mington.
Arms of Sir Walter Raleigh in proper colors. Pre- seured by Miss Jessica Smith of Henderson.
Rubbing from the plate on the tomb of Sir Walter Raleigh'in St. Margaret's Church. London, outside the
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OBJECTS IN THE HALL OF HISTORY.
door of which he was beheaded. Presented by Mrs. Annie Iredell Robertson of Columbia. S. C.
The boyhood of Sir Walter Raleigh. Photograph of painting by Sir John Millais. Presented by Clarence Poe of Raleigh.
Home of Samuel Johnston. "Hays" at Edenton. Named for the home of Sir Walter Raleigh. Pre- seuted by Fred A. Olds.
Photographs of King Charles II. and of all the Lords Proprietors of Carolina, including North and South Carolina, except Sir John Colleton, no portrait of whom can be found in England or America. Pre- sented by Mr. James Sprunt of Wilmington.
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