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Show Norfolk Wall Safe Yields Valued Relics Norfolk, Va. Two commls- j! sions engraved on sheep-skin parchments, the first Blgned by J. President John Adams, and the J second by President Thomas J Jefferson, making Jonathan J Cowdery a surgeon's mate and J a full surgeon in the United J States navy, have been uncov- ered by Dr. John C. Sleet of this X city, who will make an attempt J j to have the documents restored 4 to their lawful owners. The first commission bears the date of 1800 and the second ISms. J J The documents Include B Ma- J sonic diploma from Washington J lodge No. 20, making Mr. Cow- J dery a Master Mason, and an- J other from the Hudson (N. Y.) lodge, making him a Mark Mas- ter. The papers were found In a J i steel case hidden In an old brick J wall of a house under repair?. J |