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Show HISTORIC EULICS. A Raro and Valuable Colloction for tho Wcrld'a Fair. rr.;oii:d I-ropc;-ty r tho rirst Presidents or the IniU'ri States and the KoIonginsH of Illustrl- The objects of historical value and interest which will be shown at the world's lair will be legion. It is said that the eolleetion will be ten times as miiiicious as has ever been witnessed in oiio place before. The Columbus, relics alone will be very great in num-Kr, num-Kr, and will in. dude' the majority of the important portable remiudersof the iii.ni.us explorer. They will be brought from Spain, Italy, jiome, the West Indies, and other widely separated pai ti. f the oarlh. Every department, almost, of the great exposition will have its relics ou view old records, portraits, por-traits, machines, models, inventions, etc., each having historical interest, or marking a stage of progress in ius own line. Particularly numerous will be these historical cxhibi'r. from the United States. Almost every state will com tribute to the number something which will be viewed with interest because of its history or associations. One of the best contributions will be shown by Pennsylvania, the collection being' be-ing' furnished mainly from Philadelphia Phila-delphia under the auspices of a committee of the city council. Among the objects in this collection are the following-: The chair occupied by Thomas Jefferson when writing the declaration of independence; the table on which it was signed; the silver inkstand ink-stand used on that occasion; Thomas Ji-Itcr.son's sword; a chair of memorial woods, including parts of Columbus' house in Spa 'n: bell rung at Valley Forge when Washington occupied that place with his army; sofa belonging to. Oeorge Washing-ion and used by him when he lived in Philadelphia; bench made from pew in old Christ church occupied oc-cupied by Washington and Lafayette; punch bowl used by Gen. Washington and other officers of the revolutionary army; baby clothes made by Mrs. Johu Adams for her son John Quincy Adams; ale mug that belonged to John Paul Joncsi Peale's portrait of Washington, the first ever printed; first lightning rod invented by Pen. Franklin; electrical elec-trical machine invented by Franklin; original model of John Fitch's steamboat steam-boat which ran between Philadelphia and Purling-ton from 1TS7 to 1T90; um signed copy of the declaration of independence; inde-pendence; fans used by Franklin at the co-.n-t of France when he was minister there; cast of Washington's face taken during life from original mold used for lloucloit's statue; clocks of Benjamin Franklin, William Feim and Oliver t'romwcll, running and keeping goeid time; Gilbert Stuart's portrait of Washington; Wash-ington; Thomas Jeuerson's thermometer: thermom-eter: lock of Jefferson's hair; Pocahontas' Pocahon-tas' necklace; surveying instrument used by William Penn iu laying out the city of Philadelphia; and the famous liberty bell. |