I - The Medallic History of the United States of America 1776-1876 - 9

I

A Monsieur
Monsieur Dupré,
Graveur en médailles, à Paris.

Monsieur Jefferson va faire imprimer des explications de toutes les médailles, pour les envoyer avec les médailles aux souverains de l'Europe; il lui manque celle de M. Franklin, faite par M. Dupré; il le prie de lui en prêter une exemplaire, et de lui en communiquer l'explication aussi, s'il y en a été une de faite comme il y en avait sans doute.

Ce 23 février 1789.

CONTENTS.

Number of Text			Number of Plate.
[1]	GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON.		[I]
	[Boston Retaken.]
	[Description of Medal]
	[Biographical Sketch of Pierre Simon Duvivier]
	[Biographical Sketch of George Washington]
	[Resolution of Congress Voting a Medal to General Washington]	March 25, 1776
	[General Washington to the President of Congress]	March 19, 1776
	[The President of Congress to General Washington]	April 2, 1776
	[John Adams to General Washington]	April 2, 1776
	[General Washington to John Adams]	April 15, 1776
	[Colonel Humphreys to General Washington]	May, 1785
	[Colonel Humphreys to Thomas Jefferson]	January 30, 1786
	[Thomas Jefferson to Colonel Humphreys]	May 7, 1786

[2]	MAJOR-GENERAL HORATIO GATES.		[II]
	[Surrender of the British Army at Saratoga.]
	[Description of Medal]
	[Biographical Sketch of Nicolas Marie Gatteaux]
	[Biographical Sketch of Horatio Gates]
	[Resolution of Congress Voting a Medal to General Gates]	November 4, 1777
	[General Gates to the President of Congress]	October 18, 1777
	[Articles of Convention between Generals Gates and Burgoyne]	October 16, 1777
	[Thomas Jefferson to Colonel Humphreys]	December 4, 1785
	[Colonel Humphreys to Thomas Jefferson]

[3]	BRIGADIER-GENERAL ANTHONY WAYNE.		[III]
	[Taking of Stony Point.]
	[Description of Medal]
	[Biographical Sketch of Anthony Wayne]
	[Resolutions of Congress Voting Medals to General Wayne, toLieutenant-Colonel de Fleury, and to Major Stewart, etc.]	July 26, 1779
	[General Washington to the President of Congress]	July 16, 1779
	[General Wayne to General Washington]	July 16, 1779
	[General Washington to the President of Congress]	July 20, 1779
	[General Wayne to General Washington]	July 17, 1779

[4]	LIEUTENANT-COLONEL DE FLEURY.		[IV]
	[Taking of Stony Point.]
	[Description of Medal]
	[Biographical Sketch of François Louis Teisseidre de Fleury]
	[General Washington to the President of Congress]	July 25, 1779
	[General Washington to the President of Congress]	July 28, 1779
	[Memorial for M. de Fleury]

[5]	MAJOR JOHN STEWART.		[V]
	[Taking of Stony Point.]
	[Description of Medal]
	[Biographical Sketch of John Stewart]

[6]	MAJOR HENRY LEE.		[VI]
	[Surprise of Paulus Hook.]
	[Description of Medal]
	[Biographical Sketch of Joseph Wright]
	[Biographical Sketch of Henry Lee]
	[Resolution of Congress Voting a Medal to Major Henry Lee, etc.]	September 24, 1779
	[General Washington to the President of Congress]	August 23, 1779
	[Major Henry Lee to General Washington]	August 22, 1779

[7]	JOHN PAULDING, DAVID WILLIAMS, ISAAC VAN WART.		[VII]
	[Capture of Major André.]
	[Description of Medal]
	[Biographical Sketches of Paulding, Williams, and Van Wart]
	[Resolution of Congress Voting Medals to John Paulding, David Williams, and Isaac Van Wart]	November 3, 1780
	[General Washington to the President of Congress]	September 26, 1780
	[General Washington to the President of Congress]	October 7, 1780

[8]	BRIGADIER-GENERAL DANIEL MORGAN.		[VIII]
	[Victory of the Cowpens.]
	[Description of Medal]
	[Biographical Sketch of Augustin Dupré]
	[Biographical Sketch of Daniel Morgan]
	[Resolution of Congress Voting Medals to General Morgan and to Lieutenant-Colonels Washington and Howard, etc.]	March 9, 1781
	[General Morgan to General Greene]	January 19, 1781
	[Act of Congress Directing a Gold Copy of General Morgan's Medal to be Struck for Morgan Neville]	July 2, 1836

[9]	LIEUTENANT-COLONEL WILLIAM A. WASHINGTON.		[IX]
	[Victory of the Cowpens.]
	[Description of Medal]
	[Biographical Sketch of William Augustine Washington]

[10]	LIEUTENANT-COLONEL JOHN EAGER HOWARD.		[X]
	[Victory of the Cowpens.]
	[Description of Medal]
	[Biographical Sketch of John Eager Howard]

[11]	MAJOR-GENERAL NATHANIEL GREENE.		[XI]
	[Victory of Eutaw Springs.]
	[Description of Medal]
	[Biographical Sketch of Nathaniel Greene]
	[Resolution of Congress Voting a Medal to General Greene, etc.]	October 29, 1781
	[General Greene to the President of Congress]	September 11, 1781
	[John Jay to Major William Pierce and others]	February 12, 1788

[12]	ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY THE UNITED NETHERLANDS.		[XII]
	[Libera Soror.]
	[Description of Medal]
	[Biographical Sketch of John George Holtzhey]
	[John Adams to Robert R. Livingston]	April 19, 1782
	[Extracts from the Register Books of the States of the Netherlands]	1782
	[Original Documents from the Royal Archives at the Hague]	1782
	[John Adams to Robert R. Livingston]	April 22, 1782

[13]	TREATY OF AMITY AND COMMERCE BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA AND THE UNITED NETHERLANDS.		[XIII]
	[Favstissimo Foedere Jvnctæ.]
	[Description of Medal]
	[Treaty between the United Netherlands and the United States of America]	October 8, 1782
	[Convention between the United Netherlands and the United States of America]	October 8, 1782

[14]	LIBERTAS AMERICANA.		[XIV]
	[Surrender of the British Armies at Saratoga and at Yorktown.]
	[Description of Medal]
	[General Washington to the President of Congress]	October 19, 1781
	[General Washington to the President of Congress]	October 27, 1781
	[Resolutions of Congress Voting Thanks, etc., for the Taking of Yorktown]	October 29, 1781
	[Benjamin Franklin to Robert R. Livingston]	March 4, 1782
	[Benjamin Franklin to Sir William Jones]	March 17, 1783
	[Benjamin Franklin to Robert R. Livingston]	April 15, 1783
	[Benjamin Franklin to Robert R. Livingston]	July 22, 1783
	[Benjamin Franklin to the Grand Master of Malta]	April 6, 1783
	[The Grand Master of Malta to Benjamin Franklin]	June 21, 1783

[15]	BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.		[XV]
	[Description of Medal]
	[Biographical Sketch of Benjamin Franklin]

[16]	BENJAMIN FRANKLIN.		[XVI]
	[Description of Medal]
	[William Short to Thomas Jefferson]	June 14, 1790
	[Thomas Jefferson to the President of the National Assembly of France]	March 8, 1791

[17]	CAPTAIN JOHN PAUL JONES.		[XVII]
	[Capture of the Serapis.]
	[Description of Medal]
	[Biographical Sketch of John Paul Jones]
	[Resolution of Congress Voting a Medal to the Chevalier John Paul Jones]	October 16, 1787
	[Captain John Paul Jones to Benjamin Franklin]	October 3, 1779
	[M. de Sartine to the President of Congress]	May 30, 1780
	[M. de Sartine to Commodore John Paul Jones]	June 28, 1780
	[Resolution of Congress Authorizing Captain Jones to Accept from the King of France the Cross of Military Merit]	February 27, 1781
	[The United States to the King of France]	October 19, 1787
	[Thomas Jefferson to General Washington]	May 2, 1788
	[Admiral John Paul Jones to Thomas Jefferson]	August 29,/ September 9, 1788

[18]	PRESIDENT GEORGE WASHINGTON.		[XVIII] [XIX]
	[First President of the United States of America.]
	[Description of Medal]
	[Indian Peace Medals]

[19]	THE DIPLOMATIC MEDAL.		[XX]
	[Description of Medal]
	[Biographical Sketch of César Anne de la Luzerne]
	[Biographical Sketch of Éléonore François Élie de Moustier]
	[John Adams to the President of Congress]	August 3, 1779
	[Thomas Jefferson to William Short]	April 30, 1790
	[Thomas Jefferson to the Marquis de la Luzerne]	April 30, 1790
	[William Short to Thomas Jefferson]	June 14, 1790
	[Thomas Jefferson to William Short]	July 26, 1790
	[Thomas Jefferson to the Count de Moustier]	March 2, 1791
	[Thomas Jefferson to William Short]	March 8, 1791
	[William Short to Thomas Jefferson]	June 6, 1791
	[William Short to Thomas Jefferson]	September 25, 1791
	[William Short to M. Dupré]
	[M. de Moustier to M. Dupré]
	[William Short to Thomas Jefferson]	February 8, 1792
	[M. Lagrange to William Short]	January 31, 1792

[20]	PRESIDENT JOHN ADAMS.		[XXI]
	[Second President of the United States of America.]
	[Description of Medal]
	[Biographical Sketch of John Adams]

[21]	CAPTAIN THOMAS TRUXTUN.		[XXII]
	[Action with the Vengeance.]
	[Description of Medal]
	[Biographical Sketch of Thomas Truxtun]
	[Resolution of Congress Voting a Medal to Captain Truxtun, etc.]	February 3, 1800
	[Captain Thomas Truxtun to the Secretary of the Navy]	February 3, 1800
	[Journal of Captain Truxtun of Occurrences on board the United States Ship Constellation]	February 1, 1800
	[President John Adams to the Secretary of the Navy]	March 31, 1800
	[John Adams to Captain Thomas Truxtun]	November 30, 1802

[22]	PRESIDENT THOMAS JEFFERSON.		[XXIII]
	[Third President of the United States of America.]
	[Description of Medal]
	[Biographical Sketch of John Reich]
	[Biographical Sketch of Thomas Jefferson]

[23]	COMMODORE EDWARD PREBLE.		[XXIV]
	[Naval operations against Tripoli.]
	[Description of Medal]
	[Biographical Sketch of Edward Preble]
	[Resolution of Congress Voting a Medal to Commodore Preble]	March 3, 1805
	[President Thomas Jefferson to Congress]	February 20, 1805
	[Commodore Preble to the Secretary of the Navy]	September 18, 1804
	[R. Smith to George Harrison]	June 26, 1805

[24]	PRESIDENT JAMES MADISON.		[XXV]
	[Fourth President of the United States of America.]
	[Description of Medal]
	[Biographical Sketch of James Madison]

[25]	CAPTAIN ISAAC HULL.		[XXVI]
	[Capture of the Guerrière.]
	[Description of Medal]
	[Biographical Sketch of Isaac Hull]
	[Resolutions of Congress Voting Medals to Captains Hull, Decatur, Jones, etc.]	January 29, 1813
	[Captain Hull to the Secretary of the Navy]	July 21, 1812
	[Captain Hull to the Secretary of the Navy]	August 30, 1812
	[Captain Hull to the Secretary of the Navy]	August 30, 1812

[26]	CAPTAIN JACOB JONES.		[XXVII]
	[Capture of the Frolic.]
	[Description of Medal]
	[Biographical Sketch of Moritz Fürst]
	[Biographical Sketch of Jacob Jones]
	[Captain Jacob Jones to the Secretary of the Navy]	November 24, 1812

[27]	CAPTAIN STEPHEN DECATUR.		[XXVIII]
	[Capture of the Macedonian.]
	[Description of Medal]
	[Biographical Sketch of Stephen Decatur]
	[Captain Decatur to the Secretary of the Navy]	October 30, 1812

[28]	CAPTAIN WILLIAM BAINBRIDGE.		[XXIX]
	[Capture of the Java.]
	[Description of Medal]
	[Biographical Sketch of William Bainbridge]
	[Resolution of Congress Voting Medals to Captain Bainbridge, etc.]	March 3, 1813
	[Captain Bainbridge to the Secretary of the Navy]	January 3, 1813
	[Extract from Captain Bainbridge's Journal]	December 30, 1812
	[H. D. Corneck to Lieutenant Wood]	January 1, 1813

[29]	LIEUTENANT EDWARD RUTLEDGE McCALL.		[XXX]
	[Capture of the Boxer.]
	[Description of Medal]
	[Biographical Sketch of Edward Rutledge McCall]
	[Resolution of Congress Voting Medals to Lieutenants McCall. Burrows, etc.]	January 6, 1814
	[Captain Hull to the Secretary of the Navy]	September 14, 1813
	[Lieutenant McCall to Captain Hull]	September 7, 1813

[30]	LIEUTENANT WILLIAM BURROWS.		[XXXI]
	[Capture of the Boxer.]
	[Description of Medal]
	[Biographical Sketch of William Burrows]

[31]	CAPTAIN OLIVER HAZARD PERRY.		[XXXII]
	[Victory of Lake Erie.]
	[Description of Medal]
	[Biographical Sketch of Oliver Hazard Perry]
	[Resolutions of Congress Voting Medals to Captains Perry, Elliott, etc.]	January 6, 1814
	[Captain Perry to the Secretary of the Navy]	September 10, 1813
	[Captain Perry to the Secretary of the Navy]	September 13, 1813
	[The Secretary of the Navy to George Harrison]	July 4, 1814

[32]	CAPTAIN JESSE DUNCAN ELLIOTT.		[XXXIII]
	[Victory of Lake Erie.]
	[Description of Medal]
	[Biographical Sketch of Jesse Duncan Elliott]

[33]	CAPTAIN JAMES LAWRENCE.		[XXXIV]
	[Captain of the Peacock.]
	[Description of Medal]
	[Biographical Sketch of James Lawrence]
	[Resolution of Congress Voting Medals to Captain Lawrence, etc.]	January 11, 1814
	[Captain Lawrence to the Secretary of the Navy]	March 19, 1813

[34]	CAPTAIN THOMAS MACDONOUGH.		[XXXV]
	[Victory of Lake Champlain.]
	[Description of Medal]
	[Biographical Sketch of Thomas Macdonough]
	[Resolution of Congress Voting Medals to Captains Macdonough and Henley, Lieutenant Cassin, etc.]	October 20, 1814
	[Resolution of Congress Complimentary to Lieutenant Silas Duncan]	May 13, 1826
	[Captain Macdonough to the Secretary of the Navy]	September 11, 1814
	[Captain Macdonough to the Secretary of the Navy]	September 13, 1814

[35]	CAPTAIN ROBERT HENLEY.		[XXXVI]
	[Victory of Lake Champlain.]
	[Description of Medal]
	[Biographical Sketch of Robert Henley]

[36]	LIEUTENANT STEPHEN CASSIN.		[XXXVII]
	[Victory of Lake Champlain.]
	[Description of Medal]
	[Biographical Sketch of Stephen Cassin]

[37]	CAPTAIN LEWIS WARRINGTON.		[XXXVIII]
	[Capture of the Épervier.]
	[Description of Medal]
	[Biographical Sketch of Lewis Warrington]
	[Resolution of Congress Voting Medals to Captain Warrington, etc.]	October 21, 1814
	[Captain Warrington to the Secretary of the Navy]	April 29, 1814

[38]	CAPTAIN JOHNSTON BLAKELEY.		[XXXIX]
	[Capture of the Reindeer.]
	[Description of Medal]
	[Biographical Sketch of Johnston Blakeley]
	[Resolution of Congress Voting Medals to Captain Blakeley, etc.]	November 3, 1814
	[Captain Blakeley to the Secretary of the Navy]	July 8, 1814

[39]	MAJOR-GENERAL JACOB BROWN.		[XL]
	[Victories of Chippewa, Niagara, and Erie.]
	[Description of Medal]
	[Biographical Sketch of Jacob Brown]
	[Resolutions of Congress Voting Medals to Generals Brown, Scott, Porter, Gaines, Macomb, Ripley and Miller]	November 3, 1814
	[General Brown to the Secretary of War]	July 7, 1814
	[General Orders]	July 6, 1814
	[General Brown to the Secretary of War]	August, 1814
	[General Brown to the Secretary of War]	September 29, 1814
	[General Brown to the Secretary of War]	October 1, 1814

[40]	MAJOR-GENERAL PETER BUEL PORTER.		[XLI]
	[Victories of Chippewa, Niagara, and Erie.]
	[Description of Medal]
	[Biographical Sketch of Peter Buel Porter]
	[General Porter to General Brown]	September 22, 1814

[41]	BRIGADIER-GENERAL ELEAZER WHEELOCK RIPLEY.		[XLII]
	[Victories of Chippewa, Niagara, and Erie.]
	[Description of Medal]
	[Biographical Sketch of Eleazer Wheelock Ripley]
	[General Ripley to General Gaines]	August 17, 1814

[42]	BRIGADIER-GENERAL JAMES MILLER.		[XLIII]
	[Victories of Chippewa, Niagara, and Erie.]
	[Description of Medal]
	[Biographical Sketch of James Miller]

[43]	MAJOR-GENERAL WINFIELD SCOTT.		[XLIV]
	[Victories of Chippewa and Niagara.]
	[Description of Medal]
	[Biographical Sketch of Winfield Scott]

[44]	MAJOR-GENERAL EDMUND PENDLETON GAINES.		[XLV]
	[Victory of Erie.]
	[Description of Medal]
	[Biographical Sketch of Edmund Pendleton Gaines]
	[General Gaines to the Secretary of War]	August 15, 1814
	[General Gaines to the Secretary of War]	August 23, 1814
	[General Gaines to the Secretary of War]	August 26, 1814

[45]	MAJOR-GENERAL ALEXANDER MACOMB.		[XLVI]
	[Victory of Plattsburgh.]
	[Description of Medal]
	[Biographical Sketch of Alexander Macomb]
	[General Macomb to the Secretary of War]	September 15, 1814
	[Resolution of Congress Voting Rifles to Martin J. Aitkin and others]	May 20, 1826

[46]	MAJOR-GENERAL ANDREW JACKSON.		[XLVII]
	[Victory of New Orleans.]
	[Description of Medal]
	[Biographical Sketch of Andrew Jackson]
	[Resolution of Congress Voting a Medal to General Jackson]	February 27, 1815
	[General Jackson to the Secretary of War]	January 13, 1815
	[General Jackson to the Secretary of War]	January 19, 1815
	[General Jackson's Farewell Address to his Army]	March, 1815
	[Resolutions of Congress complimentary to Commodore D. T. Patterson and others]	February 15, 1815
	[Resolutions of Congress complimentary to the People of the State of Louisiana, etc.]	February 15, 1815

[47]	CAPTAIN CHARLES STEWART.		[XLVIII]
	[Capture of the Cyane and of the Levant.]
	[Description of Medal]
	[Biographical Sketch of Charles Stewart]
	[Resolution of Congress Voting Medals to Captain Stewart, etc.]	February 22, 1816
	[Captain Stewart to the Secretary of the Navy]	May, 1815
	[Minutes of the Action between the Constitution, Cyane, and Levant]	February 20, 1815

[48]	CAPTAIN JAMES BIDDLE.		[XLIX]
	[Capture of the Penguin.]
	[Description of Medal]
	[Biographical Sketch of James Biddle]
	[Resolution of Congress Voting Medals to Captain Biddle, etc.]	February 22, 1816
	[Captain Biddle to the Secretary of the Navy]	March 25, 1815

[49]	PRESIDENT JAMES MONROE.		[L]
	[Fifth President of the United States of America.]
	[Description of Medal]
	[Biographical Sketch of James Monroe]

[50]	MAJOR-GENERAL WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON.		[LI]
	[Victory of the Thames.]
	[Description of Medal]
	[Biographical Sketch of William Henry Harrison]
	[Resolutions of Congress Voting Medals to General Harrison and Governor Shelby, etc.]	April 4, 1818
	[General Harrison to the Secretary of War]	October 5, 1813
	[General Harrison to the Secretary of War]	October 9, 1813
	[General Orders of Debarkation, of March, and of Battle]	September 27, 1813

[51]	GOVERNOR ISAAC SHELBY.		[LII]
	[Victory of the Thames.]
	[Description of Medal]
	[Biographical Sketch of Isaac Shelby]

[52]	TREATY OF COMMERCE WITH FRANCE.		[LIII]
	[Description of Medal]
	[Biographical Sketch of Bertrand Andrieu]
	[Biographical Sketch of Raymond Gayrard]
	[Treaty of Commerce with France]	June 24, 1822

[53]	PRESIDENT JOHN QUINCY ADAMS.		[LIV]
	[Sixth President of the United States of America.]
	[Description of Medal]
	[Biographical Sketch of John Quincy Adams]

[54]	PRESIDENT ANDREW JACKSON.		[LV]
	[Seventh President of the United States of America.]
	[Description of Medal]

[55]	COLONEL GEORGE CROGHAN.		[LVI]
	[Defence of Fort Stephenson.]
	[Description of Medal]
	[Biographical Sketch of George Croghan]
	[Resolution of Congress Voting a Medal to Colonel Croghan, etc.]	February 13, 1835
	[Major Croghan to General Harrison]	August 5, 1813

[56]	PRESIDENT MARTIN VAN BUREN.		[LVII]
	[Eighth President of the United States of America.]
	[Description of Medal]
	[Biographical Sketch of Martin Van Buren]

[57]	PRESIDENT JOHN TYLER.		[LVIII]
	[Tenth President of the United States of America.]
	[Description of Medal]
	[Biographical Sketch of John Tyler]
	[R. M. Patterson to J. C. Spencer]	November 2, 1841
	[J. C. Spencer to R. M. Patterson]	November 13, 1841
	[R. M. Patterson to John C. Spencer]	September 17, 1842
	[D. Parker to R. M. Patterson]	September 21, 1842

[58]	PRESIDENT JAMES KNOX POLK.		[LIX]
	[Eleventh President of the United States of America.]
	[Description of Medal]
	[Biographical Sketch of James Knox Polk]

[59]	MAJOR-GENERAL ZACHARY TAYLOR.		[LX]
	[Victories on the Rio Grande.]
	[Description of Medal]
	[Biographical Sketch of Zachary Taylor]
	[Resolution of Congress Voting a Medal to General Taylor]	July 16, 1846
	[General Taylor to the Adjutant-General of the Army]	May 9, 1846
	[General Taylor to the Adjutant-General of the Army]	May 9, 1846
	[General Order Congratulating the Army]	May 11, 1846
	[General Taylor to the Adjutant-General of the Army]	May 16, 1846
	[The Secretary of War to Doctor Patterson]	December 9, 1846
	[Doctor Patterson to the Secretary of War]	December 12, 1846

[60]	MAJOR-GENERAL ZACHARY TAYLOR.		[LXI]
	[Taking of Monterey.]
	[Description of Medal]
	[Resolution of Congress Voting a Medal to General Taylor]	March 2, 1847
	[General Taylor to the Adjutant-General of the Army]	October 9, 1846

[61]	LOSS OF THE UNITED STATES BRIG-OF-WAR SOMERS.		[LXII]
	[For Having Saved the Lives of Americans.]
	[Description of Medal]
	[Biographical Sketch of Charles Gushing Wright]
	[Resolution of Congress Voting Medals to British, French, and Spanish Officers, etc.]	March 3, 1847
	[Lieutenant Semmes to Commodore M. C. Perry]	December 10, 1846

[62]	MAJOR-GENERAL WINFIELD SCOTT.		[LXIII]
	[Mexican Campaign.]
	[Description of Medal]
	[Biographical Sketch of Salathiel Ellis]
	[Biographical Sketch of G. C. Humphries]
	[Resolution of Congress Voting a Medal to General Scott]	March 9, 1848
	[General Scott to the Secretary of War]	March 12, 1847
	[General Scott to the Secretary of War]	March 23, 1847
	[General Scott to the Secretary of War]	March 29, 1847
	[Terms of Capitulation for the Surrender of Vera Cruz, etc.]
	[General Scott to the Secretary of War]	April 19, 1847
	[General Orders No. 111]	April 17, 1847
	[General Scott to the Secretary of War]	August 28, 1847
	[General Scott to the Secretary of War]	September 11, 1847
	[General Scott to the Secretary of War]	September 18, 1847
	[General Orders No. 286]	September, 1847

[63]	MAJOR-GENERAL ZACHARY TAYLOR.		[LXIV]
	[Victory of Buena Vista.]
	[Description of Medal]
	[Biographical Sketch of Frederick Augustus Smith]
	[Resolution of Congress Voting a Medal to General Taylor]	May 9, 1848
	[General Taylor to the Adjutant-General of the Army]	March 6, 1847
	[General Order Congratulating the Army]	February 26, 1847

[64]	PRESIDENT ZACHARY TAYLOR.		[LXV]
	[Twelfth President of the United States of America.]
	[Description of Medal]

[65]	PRESIDENT MILLARD FILLMORE.		[LXVI]
	[Thirteenth President of the United States of America.]
	[Description of Medal]
	[Biographical Sketch of Joseph Willson]
	[Biographical Sketch of Millard Fillmore]

[66]	PRESIDENT FRANKLIN PIERCE.		[LXVII]
	[Fourteenth President of the United States of America.]
	[Description of Medal]
	[Biographical Sketch of Franklin Pierce]

[67]	COMMANDER DUNCAN NATHANIEL INGRAHAM.		[LXVIII]
	[Release of Martin Coszta.]
	[Description of Medal]
	[Biographical Sketch of Seth Eastman]
	[Biographical Sketch of P. F. Cross]
	[Biographical Sketch of James Barton Longacre]
	[Biographical Sketch of Duncan Nathaniel Ingraham]
	[Resolution of Congress Voting a Medal to Commander Ingraham]	August 4, 1854
	[Commander Ingraham to Commodore Stringham]	July 6, 1853
	[Commander Ingraham to Commander Schwartz]	June 28, 1853
	[Commander Schwartz to Commander Ingraham]	June 29, 1853
	[Commander Ingraham to Commander Schwartz]	July 2, 1853
	[Commander Schwartz to Commander Ingraham]	July 2, 1853
	[S. N. Brown to Commander Ingraham]	June 28, 1853
	[Enclosure from Caleb Lyon of Lyonsdale]
	[Martin Coszta's Declaration of Intention]	July 31, 1852
	[Agreement between the Consul-General of Austria and the Consul of the United States of America]	July 2, 1853

[68]	PRESIDENT JAMES BUCHANAN.		[LXIX]
	[Fifteenth President of the United States of America.]
	[Description of Medal]
	[Biographical Sketch of James Buchanan]

[69]	DOCTOR FREDERICK HENRY ROSE.		[LXX]
	[Kindness and Humanity of Doctor Rose.]
	[Description of Medal]
	[Biographical Sketch of A. C. Paquet]
	[Biographical Sketch of Frederick Henry Rose]
	[Resolution of Congress Voting a Medal to Doctor Rose]	May 11, 1858
	[Captain Sands to the Secretary of the Navy]	April 15, 1858

[70]	PRESIDENT ABRAHAM LINCOLN.		[LXXI]
	[Sixteenth President of the United States of America.]
	[Description of Medal]
	[Biographical Sketch of Abraham Lincoln]

[71]	NAVY MEDAL OF HONOR.		[LXXII a]
	[Description of Medal]
	[Acts of Congress Instituting Naval Medals of Honor]	[December 21, 1861]
		[July 16, 1862]

[72]	ARMY MEDAL OF HONOR.		[LXXII b]
	[Description of Medal]
	[Resolution and Act of Congress Instituting Army Medals of Honor]	[July 12, 1862]
		[March 3, 1863]

[73]	MAJOR-GENERAL ULYSSES SIMPSON GRANT.		[LXXIII]
	[Victories of fort Donelson, Vicksburg, and Chattanooga.]
	[Description of Medal]
	[Biographical Sketch of Antrobus]
	[Biographical Sketch of Ulysses Simpson Grant]
	[Resolutions of Congress Voting a Medal to General Grant]	December 17, 1863
	[General Grant to General Cullum]	February 16, 1862
	[General Buckner to General Grant]	February 16, 1862
	[General Grant to General Buckner]	February 16, 1862
	[General Buckner to General Grant]	February 16, 1862
	[General Orders No. 2]	February 17, 1862
	[General Grant to the Assistant Adjutant-General]	July 6, 1863
	[General Pemberton to General Grant]	July 3, 1863
	[General Grant to General Pemberton]	July 3, 1863
	[General Grant to General Pemberton]	July 3, 1863
	[General Pemberton to General Grant]	July 3, 1863
	[General Grant to General Pemberton]	July 4, 1863
	[General Pemberton to General Grant]	July 4, 1863
	[General Grant to the Assistant Adjutant-General]	December 23, 1863

[74]	CORNELIUS VANDERBILT.		[LXXIV]
	[Free Gift of Steamship Vanderbilt.]
	[Description of Medal]
	[Biographical Sketch of Emanuel Leutze]
	[Biographical Sketch of Cornelius Vanderbilt]
	[Resolution of Congress Voting a Medal to Cornelius Vanderbilt]	January 28, 1864
	[The Secretary of State to Cornelius Vanderbilt]	April 17, 1866
	[Cornelius Vanderbilt to the Secretary of State]	May 3, 1866

[75]	PRESIDENT ANDREW JOHNSON.		[LXXV]
	[Seventeenth President of the United States of America.]
	[Description of Medal]
	[Biographical Sketch of Andrew Johnson]

[76]	WRECK OF THE STEAMSHIP SAN FRANCISCO.		[LXXVI]
	[Testimonial of National Gratitude.]
	[Description of Medal]
	[Resolutions of Congress Voting Medals to Captains Creighton, Low, and Stouffer]	July 26, 1866
	[Major Wyse to the Adjutant General of the Army]	January 14, 1854
	[Consolidated Morning Report, 3d Artillery]	January 14, 1854
	[Colonel Gates to the Adjutant-General of the Army]	January 16, 1854
	[Acts of Congress Voting Eight Months' Pay to Lieutenant Francis Key Murray and others]	[March 27, 1854]
		[August 5, 1854]

[77]	CYRUS WEST FIELD.		[LXXVII]
	[Laying of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable.]
	[Description of Medal]
	[Biographical Sketch of J. Goldsborough Bruff]
	[Biographical Sketch of William Barber]
	[Biographical Sketch of Cyrus West Field]
	[Resolution of Congress Voting a Medal to Cyrus W. Field]	March 2, 1867
	[The Secretary of State to Cyrus W. Field]	January 7, 1869

[78]	GEORGE PEABODY.		[LXXVIII]
	[Promotion of Universal Education.]
	[Description of Medal]
	[Biographical Sketch of George Peabody]
	[Resolution of Congress Voting a Medal to George Peabody]	March 16, 1867
	[George Peabody's Gift for Southern Education]	February 7, 1867
	[Action of the Trustees of the Peabody Gift]	February 8, 1867
	[The Secretary of State to George Peabody]	June 23, 1868
	[George Peabody to the Secretary of State]	September 18, 1868
	[The Secretary of State to George Peabody]	October 7, 1868
	[George Peabody to the Secretary of State]	January 6, 1869

[79]	PRESIDENT ULYSSES SIMPSON GRANT.		[LXXIX]
	[Eighteenth President of the United States of America.]
	[Description of Medal]

[80]	GEORGE FOSTER ROBINSON.		[LXXX]
	[Heroic Conduct.]
	[Description of Medal]
	[Biographical Sketch of George Foster Robinson]
	[Resolution of Congress Voting a Medal to George F. Robinson]	March 1, 1871
	[Report of the Committee on Foreign Affairs in Regard to George F. Robinson]

[81]	LOSS OF THE STEAMER METIS.		[LXXXI]
	[Courage and Humanity.]
	[Description of Medal]
	[Biographical Sketch of Charles E. Barber]
	[Resolution of Congress Voting Medals to Captain Crandall and others]	February 24, 1873
	[Captain David Ritchie to the Secretary of the Navy]	September 1, 1872
	[Resolution of Congress Voting Thanks to Captain Ritchie]	January 24, 1873

[82]	CENTENNIAL MEDAL.		[LXXXII]
	[Hundredth Anniversary of American Independence.]
	[Description of Medal]
	[Act of Congress Authorizing Centennial Medals]	June 16, 1874
	[Official Notice Promulgated by the Centennial Board of Finance]	March 24, 1875

[83]	CENTENNIAL MEDAL.		[LXXXIII]
	[Hundredth Anniversary of American Independence.]
	[Description of Medal]

[84]	LIFE SAVING MEDAL OF THE FIRST CLASS.		[LXXXIV]
	[Saving Life from the Perils of the Sea.]
	[Description of Medal]
	[Act of Congress Instituting Life Saving Medals]	June 20, 1874
	[The Acting Secretary of the Treasury to Lucien M. Clemons]	June 30, 1876
	[The Acting Secretary of the Treasury to James Martin]	March 3, 1877
	[The Acting Secretary of the Treasury to John Dean]	March 3, 1877
	[Report of the United States Life-Saving Service]	November 30, 1876
	[The Secretary of the Treasury to Colonel J. Schuyler Crosby]	June 30, 1877
	[The Secretary of the Treasury to Carl Fosberg]	September 22, 1877
	[Report of the United States Life-Saving Service]	November 29, 1877
	[The Secretary of the Treasury to Philip C. Bleil]	January 15, 1878

[85]	LIFE SAVING MEDAL OF THE SECOND CLASS.		[LXXXV]
	[Saving Life from the Perils of the Sea.]
	[Description of Medal]
	[The Secretary of the Treasury to John O. Philbrick]	July 22, 1876
	[The Secretary of the Treasury to Henry M. Lee]	July 31, 1877
	[The Secretary of the Treasury to Captain Charles H. Smith]	March 12, 1878
	[The Secretary of the Treasury to Edward Nordall]	March 12, 1878
	[The Secretary of the Treasury to Malachi Corbell]	March 12, 1878

[86]	JOHN HORN, JR.		[LXXXVI]
	[Heroic Exploits.]
	[Description of Medal]
	[Biographical Sketch of John Horn, Jr.]
	[Act of Congress Voting a Medal to John Horn, Jr.]	June 20, 1874
	[John Horn, Jr., to Moses W. Field]	February 23, 1874

LIST OF THE ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS

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]