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Born, 1686. This portrait is owned by Brooks Adams, Esq., Boston, Mass.

Miss CAMPION

From Andrew W. Tuer's History of the Hornbook. This portrait has hung for two centuries in an Essex manor-house. Its date, 1661, is but nine years earlier than the portraits of the Gibbes children, and the dress is the same. The cavalier hat and cuffs are the only varying detail.

INFANT'S CAP

Tambour work, 1790.

ELEANOR FOSTER

Born, 1746. She married Dr. Nathaniel Coffin, of Portland, Me., and became the mother of the beautiful Martha, who married Richard C. Derby. This portrait was painted in 1755. It is owned by Mrs. Greely Stevenson Curtis of Boston, Mass.

WILLIAM, PRINCE OF ORANGE

From an old print.

MRS. THEODORE S. SEDGWICK AND DAUGHTER.

Mrs. Sedgwick was Pamela Dwight. This portrait was painted by Ralph Earle, and exhibits one of his peculiarities. The home of the subject of the portrait is shown through an open window, though the immediate surroundings are a room within the house. The child is Catherine M. Sedgwick, the poet. This painting is owned in Stockbridge by members of the family.

INFANT CHILD OF FRANCIS HOPKINSON, THE SIGNER

A drawing in crayon by the child's father. The child carries a coral and bells.

MARY SETON

1763. Died in 1800, aged forty. Married John Wilkes of New York. White frock and blue scarf.

THE BOWDOIN CHILDREN

Lady Temple and Governor James Bowdoin in childhood. The artist of this pleasing portrait is unknown. I think it was painted by Blackburn. It is now in the Walker Art Gallery, at Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Me.

Miss LYDIA ROBINSON

Aged twelve years, daughter of Colonel James Robinson, Salem, Mass. Painted by M. Corné in 1808. Owned by the Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.

KNITTED FLAXEN MITTENS

These are knitted upon finest wire needles, of linen thread, which had been spun, and the flax raised and prepared by the knitter.

MRS. ELIZABETH (LUX) RUSSELL AND DAUGHTER.

CHRISTENING SHIRT AND MITTS OF GOVERNOR BRADFORD.

White linen with pinched sleeves and chaney ruffles and fingertips. Owned by Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.

FLANDERS LACE MITTS

These infant's mitts were worn in the sixteenth century, and came to Salem with the first emigrants. Owned by Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.

INFANT'S ADJUSTABLE CAP

This has curious shirring-strings to make it fit heads of various sizes. It is home spun and woven, and the lace edging is home knit.

REV. JOHN P. DABNEY, WHEN A CHILD IN 1806

This portrait of a Salem minister in childhood is in jacket and trousers, with openwork collar and ruffles. It is now owned by the Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.

ROBERT GIBBES

Born, 1665. This portrait is dated 1670. It is owned by Miss Sarah B. Hager of Kendal Green, Mass.

NANKEEN BREECHES, WITH SILVER BUTTONS. 1790

RALPH IZARD, WHEN A LITTLE BOY

Born in Charleston, S. C., 1742; died in 1804. Painted in 1750. He was United States Senator 1789-1795. This debonair little figure in blue velvet, silk-embroidered waistcoat, silken hose, buckled shoes, and black hat, gold-laced, is a miniature courtier. The portrait is now owned by William E. Huger, Esq., of Charleston, S.C.

GOVERNOR AND REVEREND GURDON SALTONSTALL

Born in 1666; died in 1724. Governor of Connecticut, 1708-24. He was also ordained a minister of the church at New London.

MAYOR RIP VAN DAM

Mayor of New York in 1710.

JUDGE ABRAHAM DE PEYSTER OF NEW YORK

GOVERNOR DE BIENVILLE, JEAN BAPTISTE LEMOINE

Born in Montreal, Can., 1680. Died in 1768. French Governor of Louisiana for many years. He founded New Orleans. The original is in Longeuil, Can.

DANIEL WALDO

Born in Boston, 1724; died in 1808. Married Rebecca Salisbury.

REV. JOHN MARSH, HARTFORD, CONN

JOHN ADAMS IN YOUTH

Born in Braintree, Mass., 1735; died at Quincy, Mass., 1826. Second President of the United States, 1797-1801. He was a member of Congress, signer of Declaration of Independence, Commissioner to France, Ambassador to The Netherlands, Peace Commissioner to Great Britain, Minister to Court of St. James. This portrait in youth is in a wig. Throughout life he wore his hair bushed out at the