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Show oo HISTORIC TABLE. San Francisco, Jan. 13. Members i of the American Institute of Aichl- i tects, who attend the annual conven- j tion In this city next week, will sit j at the table upon which was signed ( tho Treaty of Ghent, ending the war of 1812 with England. The table became the property o President James Madison after tho council at Ghent and wa3 installeJ in his office at the original White House. The While IIouso was burned sobn afterward, aud the table was one of the few pieces of furniture rescued. res-cued. President Madison moved his executive ex-ecutive offlcos and tho table to Oc-' tngon house in Washington. Octagon house is now the home of the Institute Insti-tute of Architects, but the table has had a vagabond cureer and has come Into the possession of Mrs. Alfred Voorhees of this city She will lend It to the architects for the conven lion, , - , |