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Description of Medal........................................ 270 Biographical Sketch of John Quincy Adams.................... 270

54 PRESIDENT ANDREW JACKSON. LV

[_Seventh President of the United States of America._]

Description of Medal........................................ 271

55 COLONEL GEORGE CROGHAN. LVI

[_Defence of Fort Stephenson._]

Description of Medal........................................ 272 Biographical Sketch of George Croghan....................... 272 Resolution of Congress Voting a Medal to Colonel Croghan, etc.................................. February 13, 1835... 273 Major Croghan to General Harrison......... August 5, 1813... 273

56 PRESIDENT MARTIN VAN BUREN. LVII (p. lxii)

[_Eighth President of the United States of America._]

Description of Medal........................................ 275 Biographical Sketch of Martin Van Buren..................... 275

57 PRESIDENT JOHN TYLER. LVIII

[_Tenth President of the United States of America._]

Description of Medal........................................ 276 Biographical Sketch of John Tyler........................... 276 R. M. Patterson to J. C. Spencer........ November 2, 1841... 277 J. C. Spencer to R. M. Patterson....... November 13, 1841... 278 R. M. Patterson to John C. Spencer.... September 17, 1842... 279 D. Parker to R. M. Patterson.......... September 21, 1842... 279

58 PRESIDENT JAMES KNOX POLK. LIX

[_Eleventh President of the United States of America._]

Description of Medal........................................ 280 Biographical Sketch of James Knox Polk...................... 280

59 MAJOR-GENERAL ZACHARY TAYLOR. LX

[_Victories on the Rio Grande._]

Description of Medal........................................ 281 Biographical Sketch of Zachary Taylor....................... 281 Resolution of Congress Voting a Medal to General Taylor........................... July 16, 1846... 282 General Taylor to the Adjutant-General of the Army....................................... May 9, 1846... 282 General Taylor to the Adjutant-General of the Army....................................... May 9, 1846... 283 General Order Congratulating the Army....... May 11, 1846... 284 General Taylor to the Adjutant-General of the Army...................................... May 16, 1846... 285 The Secretary of War to Doctor Patterson............................. December 9, 1846... 287 Doctor Patterson to the Secretary of War.................................. December 12, 1846... 288

60 MAJOR-GENERAL ZACHARY TAYLOR. LXI

[_Taking of Monterey._]

Description of Medal........................................ 290 Resolution of Congress Voting a Medal to General Taylor................................... March 2, 1847... 290 General Taylor to the Adjutant-General of the Army................................... October 9, 1846... 291

61 LOSS OF THE UNITED STATES BRIG-OF-WAR SOMERS. LXII (p. lxiii)

[_For Having Saved the Lives of Americans._]

Description of Medal........................................ 299 Biographical Sketch of Charles Gushing Wright............... 299 Resolution of Congress Voting Medals to British, French, and Spanish Officers, etc.................... March 3, 1847... 300 Lieutenant Semmes to Commodore M. C. Perry,............................... December 10, 1846... 300

62 MAJOR-GENERAL WINFIELD SCOTT. LXIII

[_Mexican Campaign._]

Description of Medal........................................ 304 Biographical Sketch of Salathiel Ellis...................... 304 Biographical Sketch of G. C. Humphries...................... 304 Resolution of Congress Voting a Medal to General Scott.................................... March 9, 1848... 305 General Scott to the Secretary of War..... March 12, 1847... 305 General Scott to the Secretary of War..... March 23, 1847... 307 General Scott to the Secretary of War..... March 29, 1847... 309 Terms of Capitulation for the Surrender of Vera Cruz, etc... 310 General Scott to the Secretary of War..... April 19, 1847... 311 General Orders No. 111.................... April 17, 1847... 314 General Scott to the Secretary of War.... August 28, 1847... 315 General Scott to the Secretary of War................................. September 11, 1847... 323 General Scott to the Secretary of War................................. September 18, 1847... 325 General Orders No. 286................... September, 1847... 334

63 MAJOR-GENERAL ZACHARY TAYLOR. LXIV

[_Victory of Buena Vista._]

Description of Medal........................................ 336 Biographical Sketch of Frederick Augustus Smith............. 336 Resolution of Congress Voting a Medal to General Taylor..................................... May 9, 1848... 336 General Taylor to the Adjutant-General of the Army..................................... March 6, 1847... 337 General Order Congratulating the Army.. February 26, 1847... 346

64 PRESIDENT ZACHARY TAYLOR. LXV

[_Twelfth President of the United States of America._]

Description of Medal........................................ 348

65 PRESIDENT MILLARD FILLMORE. LXVI

[_Thirteenth President of the United States of America._]

Description of Medal........................................ 349 Biographical Sketch of Joseph Willson....................... 349 Biographical Sketch of Millard Fillmore..................... 349

66 PRESIDENT FRANKLIN PIERCE. LXVII (p. lxiv)

[_Fourteenth President of the United States of America._]

Description of Medal........................................ 351 Biographical Sketch of Franklin Pierce...................... 351

67 COMMANDER DUNCAN NATHANIEL INGRAHAM. LXVIII

[_Release of Martin Coszta._]

Description of Medal........................................ 352 Biographical Sketch of Seth Eastman......................... 353 Biographical Sketch of P. F. Cross.......................... 353 Biographical Sketch of James Barton Longacre................ 353 Biographical Sketch of Duncan Nathaniel Ingraham............ 353 Resolution of Congress Voting a Medal to Commander Ingraham................................ August 4, 1854... 353 Commander Ingraham to Commodore Stringham... July 6, 1853... 354 Commander Ingraham to Commander Schwartz... June 28, 1853... 355 Commander Schwartz to Commander Ingraham... June 29, 1853... 356 Commander Ingraham to Commander Schwartz.... July 2, 1853... 356 Commander Schwartz to Commander Ingraham.... July 2, 1853... 357 S. N. Brown to Commander Ingraham.......... June 28, 1853... 357 Enclosure from Caleb Lyon of Lyonsdale...................... 358 Martin Coszta's Declaration of Intention... July 31, 1852... 359 Agreement between the Consul-General of Austria and the Consul of the United States of America........... July 2, 1853... 359

68 PRESIDENT JAMES BUCHANAN. LXIX

[_Fifteenth President of the United States of America._]

Description of Medal........................................ 361 Biographical Sketch of James Buchanan....................... 361

69 DOCTOR FREDERICK HENRY ROSE. LXX

[_Kindness and Humanity of Doctor Rose._]

Description of Medal........................................ 362 Biographical Sketch of A. C. Paquet......................... 362 Biographical Sketch of Frederick Henry Rose................. 363 Resolution of Congress Voting a Medal to Doctor Rose...................................... May 11, 1858... 363 Captain Sands to the Secretary of the Navy.................................... April 15, 1858... 364

70 PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN. LXXI

[_Sixteenth President of the United States of America._]

Description of Medal........................................ 366 Biographical Sketch of Abraham Lincoln...................... 366

71 NAVY MEDAL OF HONOR. LXXII a (p. lxv)

Description of Medal........................................ 367 Acts of Congress Instituting Naval Medals of Honor ..................................... December 21, 1861... 367 ......................................... July 16, 1862... 367

72 ARMY MEDAL OF HONOR. LXXII b

Description of Medal........................................ 368 Resolution and Act of Congress Instituting Army Medals of Honor ......................................... July 12, 1862... 368 ......................................... March 3, 1863... 369

73 MAJOR-GENERAL ULYSSES SIMPSON GRANT. LXXIII

[_Victories of fort Donelson, Vicksburg, and Chattanooga._]

Description of Medal........................................ 370 Biographical Sketch of Antrobus............................. 371 Biographical Sketch of Ulysses Simpson Grant................ 371 Resolutions of Congress Voting a Medal to General Grant................................ December 17, 1863... 371 General Grant to General Cullum........ February 16, 1862... 372 General Buckner to General Grant....... February 16, 1862... 374 General Grant to General Buckner....... February 16, 1862... 374 General Buckner to General Grant....... February 16, 1862... 374 General Orders No. 2................... February 17, 1862... 375 General Grant to the Assistant Adjutant-General.......................... July 6, 1863... 375 General Pemberton to General Grant.......... July 3, 1863... 391 General Grant to General Pemberton.......... July 3, 1863... 392 General Grant to General Pemberton.......... July 3, 1863... 392 General Pemberton to General Grant.......... July 3, 1863... 393 General Grant to General Pemberton.......... July 4, 1863... 393 General Pemberton to General Grant.......... July 4, 1863... 394 General Grant to the Assistant Adjutant-General..................... December 23, 1863... 394

74 CORNELIUS VANDERBILT. LXXIV

[_Free Gift of Steamship Vanderbilt._]

Description of Medal........................................ 406 Biographical Sketch of Emanuel Leutze....................... 406 Biographical Sketch of Cornelius Vanderbilt................. 407 Resolution of Congress Voting a Medal to Cornelius Vanderbilt............................ January 28, 1864... 407 The Secretary of State to Cornelius Vanderbilt.............................. April 17, 1866... 408 Cornelius Vanderbilt to the Secretary of State...................................... May 3, 1866... 408

75 PRESIDENT ANDREW JOHNSON. LXXV

[_Seventeenth President of the United States of America._]

Description of Medal........................................ 410 Biographical Sketch of Andrew Johnson....................... 410

76 WRECK OF THE STEAMSHIP SAN FRANCISCO. LXXVI (p. lxvi)

[_Testimonial of National Gratitude._]

Description of Medal........................................ 411 Resolutions of Congress Voting Medals to Captains Creighton, Low, and Stouffer........................ July 26, 1866... 412 Major Wyse to the Adjutant General of the Army.................................. January 14, 1854... 412 Consolidated Morning Report, 3d Artillery............................. January 14, 1854... 414 Colonel Gates to the Adjutant-General of the Army.................................. January 16, 1854... 415 Acts of Congress Voting Eight Months' Pay to Lieutenant Francis Key Murray and others ........................................ March 27, 1854... 416 ........................................ August 5, 1854... 417

77 CYRUS WEST FIELD. LXXVII

[_Laying of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable._]

Description of Medal........................................ 418 Biographical Sketch of J. Goldsborough Bruff................ 419 Biographical Sketch of William Barber....................... 419 Biographical Sketch of Cyrus West Field..................... 419 Resolution of Congress Voting a Medal to Cyrus W. Field.................................... March 2, 1867... 419 The Secretary of State to Cyrus W. Field.................................. January 7, 1869... 420

78 GEORGE PEABODY. LXXVIII

[_Promotion of Universal Education._]

Description of Medal........................................ 421 Biographical Sketch of George Peabody....................... 422 Resolution of Congress Voting a Medal to George Peabody................................. March 16, 1867... 423 George Peabody's Gift for Southern Education............................. February 7, 1867... 423 Action of the Trustees of the Peabody Gift.................................. February 8, 1867... 425 The Secretary of State to George Peabody... June 23, 1868... 426 George Peabody to the Secretary of State............................... September 18, 1868... 427 The Secretary of State to George Peabody................................ October 7, 1868... 427 George Peabody to the Secretary of State.................................. January 6, 1869... 428

79 PRESIDENT ULYSSES SIMPSON GRANT. LXXIX

[_Eighteenth President of the United States of America._]

Description of Medal........................................ 429

80 GEORGE FOSTER ROBINSON. LXXX

[_Heroic Conduct._]

Description of Medal........................................ 430 Biographical Sketch of George Foster Robinson............... 431 Resolution of Congress Voting a Medal to George F. Robinson................................. March 1, 1871... 431 Report of the Committee on Foreign Affairs in Regard to George F. Robinson........................................ 432

81 LOSS OF THE STEAMER METIS. LXXXI (p. lxvii)

[_Courage and Humanity._]

Description of Medal........................................ 434 Biographical Sketch of Charles E. Barber.................... 434 Resolution of Congress Voting Medals to Captain Crandall and others........................... February 24, 1873... 434 Captain David Ritchie to the Secretary of the Navy................................. September 1, 1872... 435 Resolution of Congress Voting Thanks to Captain Ritchie............................... January 24, 1873... 437

82 CENTENNIAL MEDAL. LXXXII

[_Hundredth Anniversary of American Independence._]

Description of Medal........................................ 438 Act of Congress Authorizing Centennial Medals................................... June 16, 1874... 439 Official Notice Promulgated by the Centennial Board of Finance................................. March 24, 1875... 439

83 CENTENNIAL MEDAL. LXXXIII

[_Hundredth Anniversary of American Independence._]

Description of Medal........................................ 440

84 LIFE SAVING MEDAL OF THE FIRST CLASS. LXXXIV

[_Saving Life from the Perils of the Sea._]

Description of Medal........................................ 441 Act of Congress Instituting Life Saving Medals................................... June 20, 1874... 442 The Acting Secretary of the Treasury to Lucien M. Clemons.................................. June 30, 1876... 442 The Acting Secretary of the Treasury to James Martin................................... March 3, 1877... 443 The Acting Secretary of the Treasury to John Dean..................................... March 3, 1877... 444 Report of the United States Life-Saving Service.............................. November 30, 1876... 444 The Secretary of the Treasury to Colonel J. Schuyler Crosby................................... June 30, 1877... 447 The Secretary of the Treasury to Carl Fosberg............................. September 22, 1877... 448 Report of the United States Life-Saving Service.............................. November 29, 1877... 448 The Secretary of the Treasury to Philip C. Bleil................................. January 15, 1878... 452

85 LIFE SAVING MEDAL OF THE SECOND CLASS. LXXXV

[_Saving Life from the Perils of the Sea._]

Description of Medal........................................ 453 The Secretary of the Treasury to John O. Philbrick................................ July 22, 1876... 453 The Secretary of the Treasury to Henry M. Lee...................................... July 31, 1877... 454 The Secretary of the Treasury to Captain Charles H. Smith................................ March 12, 1878... 454 The Secretary of the Treasury to Edward Nordall................................. March 12, 1878... 455 The Secretary of the Treasury to Malachi Corbell................................. March 12, 1878... 456

86 JOHN HORN, JR. LXXXVI (p. lxviii)

[_Heroic Exploits._]

Description of Medal........................................ 457 Biographical Sketch of John Horn, Jr........................ 457 Act of Congress Voting a Medal to John Horn, Jr................................. June 20, 1874... 458 John Horn, Jr., to Moses W. Field...... February 23, 1874... 458

LIST OF THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS (p. lxix)

GIVEN OR REFERRED TO IN THE INTRODUCTION.

Page. Benjamin Franklin to the President of Congress.... March 4, 1780..... xi Colonel Humphreys to the President of Congress... March 18, 1785.... xii Colonel Humphreys to the Perpetual Secretary of the Royal Academy of Inscriptions and Belles-Lettres of France....................... March 14, 1785... xiii Benjamin Franklin to the Secretary for Foreign Affairs.......................................... May 10, 1785.... xiv Contract between Colonel Humphreys and M. Dupré for Engraving the Medal of General Greene....... November 19, 1785.... xvi Thomas Jefferson to the Secretary for Foreign Affairs..................................... February 14, 1787... xvii Report of the Secretary for Foreign Affairs....... July 11, 1787.. xviii Thomas Jefferson to M. Dupré.................... January 3, 1789.... xix Thomas Jefferson to M. Dupré.................. February 13, 1789..... xx Thomas Jefferson to M. Dupré.................. February 15, 1789.... xxi General Winfield Scott to the Secretary of War.... July 25, 1846... xxiv Thomas Jefferson to M. Dupré.................. February 23, 1789. xxxiii Colonel Humphreys to the Printer of the American Museum (Mr. Carey)............................. November, 1787.. xxxiv Registre des Assemblées et Délibérations de l'Académie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres pendant l'année 1785......... xxxvi Contract between Colonel Humphreys and M. Dupré for Engraving the Medal of General Greene....... November 19, 1785.... xli Registre des Assemblées et Délibérations de l'Académie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres pendant l'année 1789........... xli Thomas Jefferson to M. Dupré............. Royale January 3, 1789... xliv Thomas Jefferson to M. Dupré........... Royale February 13, 1789... xliv Thomas Jefferson to M. Dupré.................. February 15, 1789.... xlv Explication des Peintures. Sculptures et Gravures de Messieurs de l'Académie Royale, etc............. 1781 and 1789.... xlv James Pollock to William L. Dayton............ November 22, 1861.. xlvii William L. Dayton to the French Minister of Foreign Affairs..................................... December 10, 1861. xlviii Marquis de Banneville to W. L. Dayton.......... January 17, 1862... xlix William L. Dayton to the French Minister of Foreign Affairs........................... January 23, 1862... xlix Thomas Jefferson to M. Dupré.................. February 23, 1789...... l

LIST OF PLATES.

Number Designer and Number Page of Plate. Title of Medal. Engraver. of Text. of Text.

I GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON. [_Boston retaken._] Georgio Washington svpremo dvci exercitvvm adsertori libertatis Comitia Americana. [Rx]. Hostibus primo fugatis. DUVIVIER. 1 1

II MAJOR-GENERAL HORATIO GATES. [_Surrender of the British Army at Saratoga._] Horatio Gates duci strenuo Comitia Americana. [Rx]. Salus regionum septentrional. N. GATTEAUX. 2 8

III BRIGADIER-GENERAL ANTHONY WAYNE. [_Taking of Stony Point._] Antonio Wayne duci exercitus Comitia Americana. [Rx]. Stoney-Point expugnatum. GATTEAUX. 3 14

IV LIEUTENANT-COLONEL DE FLEURY. [_Taking of Stony Point._] Virtutis et audaciæ monum. et præmium. [Rx]. Aggeres paludes hostes victi. DUVIVIER. 4 22

V MAJOR JOHN STEWART. [_Taking of Stony Point._] Joanni Stewart cohortis præfecto Comitia Americana. [Rx]. Stoney-Point oppugnatum. GATTEAUX. 5 28

VI MAJOR HENRY LEE. [_Surprise of Paulus Hook._] Henrico Lee legionis equit. præfecto. Comitia Americana. [Rx]. Non obstantib fluminibus vallis, etc. J. WRIGHT. 6 29

VII JOHN PAULDING, DAVID WILLIAMS, ISAAC VAN WART. [_Capture of Major André._] Fidelity. [Rx]. Vincit amor patriæ. 7 37

VIII BRIGADIER-GENERAL DANIEL MORGAN. [_Victory of the Cowpens._] Danieli Morgan duci exercitus Comitia Americana. [Rx]. Victoria libertatis vindex. DUPRÉ. 8 40

IX LIEUTENANT-COLONEL WILLIAM AUGUSTINE WASHINGTON. [_Victory of the Cowpens._] Gulielmo Washington legionis equit. præfecto Comitia American. [Rx]. Quod parva militum manu, etc. DUVIVIER. 9 46

X LIEUTENANT-COLONEL JOHN EAGER HOWARD. [_Victory of the Cowpens._] Joh. Egar. Howard legionis peditum præfecto Comitia Americana. [Rx]. Quod in nutantem hostium aciem, etc. DUVIVIER 10 48

XI MAJOR-GENERAL NATHANIEL GREENE. [_Victory of Eutaw Springs._] Nathanieli Green egregio duci Comitia Americana. [Rx]. Salus regionum australium. DUPRÉ 11 50

XII ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY THE UNITED NETHERLANDS. [_Libera Soror._] Libera soror. [Rx]. Tyrannis virtute repulsa. I. G. HOLTZHEY. 12 57