Description of Medal........................................ 441 Act of Congress Inst.i.tuting Life Saving Medals................................... June 20, 1874... 442 The Acting Secretary of the Treasury to Lucien M.

Clemons.................................. June 30, 1876... 442 The Acting Secretary of the Treasury to James Martin................................... March 3, 1877... 443 The Acting Secretary of the Treasury to John Dean..................................... March 3, 1877... 444 Report of the United States Life-Saving Service.............................. November 30, 1876... 444 The Secretary of the Treasury to Colonel J. Schuyler Crosby................................... June 30, 1877... 447 The Secretary of the Treasury to Carl Fosberg............................. September 22, 1877... 448 Report of the United States Life-Saving Service.............................. November 29, 1877... 448 The Secretary of the Treasury to Philip C.

Bleil................................. January 15, 1878... 452

85 LIFE SAVING MEDAL OF THE SECOND CLa.s.s. Lx.x.xV

[_Saving Life from the Perils of the Sea._]

Description of Medal........................................ 453 The Secretary of the Treasury to John O.

Philbrick................................ July 22, 1876... 453 The Secretary of the Treasury to Henry M.

Lee...................................... July 31, 1877... 454 The Secretary of the Treasury to Captain Charles H. Smith................................ March 12, 1878... 454 The Secretary of the Treasury to Edward Nordall................................. March 12, 1878... 455 The Secretary of the Treasury to Malachi Corbell................................. March 12, 1878... 456

86 JOHN HORN, JR. Lx.x.xVI (p. lxviii)

[_Heroic Exploits._]

Description of Medal........................................ 457 Biographical Sketch of John Horn, Jr........................ 457 Act of Congress Voting a Medal to John Horn, Jr................................. June 20, 1874... 458 John Horn, Jr., to Moses W. Field...... February 23, 1874... 458

LIST OF THE ORIGINAL DOc.u.mENTS (p. lxix)

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. Dupre 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. Dupre.................... January 3, 1789.... xix Thomas Jefferson to M. Dupre.................. February 13, 1789..... xx Thomas Jefferson to M. Dupre.................. February 15, 1789.... xxi General Winfield Scott to the Secretary of War.... July 25, 1846... xxiv Thomas Jefferson to M. Dupre.................. February 23, 1789. x.x.xiii Colonel Humphreys to the Printer of the American Museum (Mr. Carey)............................. November, 1787.. x.x.xiv Registre des a.s.semblees et Deliberations de l'Academie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres pendant l'annee 1785......... x.x.xvi Contract between Colonel Humphreys and M. Dupre for Engraving the Medal of General Greene....... November 19, 1785.... xli Registre des a.s.semblees et Deliberations de l'Academie Royale des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres pendant l'annee 1789........... xli Thomas Jefferson to M. Dupre............. Royale January 3, 1789... xliv Thomas Jefferson to M. Dupre........... Royale February 13, 1789... xliv Thomas Jefferson to M. Dupre.................. February 15, 1789.... xlv Explication des Peintures. Sculptures et Gravures de Messieurs de l'Academie 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. Dupre.................. February 23, 1789...... l

LIST OF PLATES.

Number Designer and Number Page of Plate. t.i.tle of Medal. Engraver. of Text. of Text.

I GENERAL GEORGE WASHINGTON.

[_Boston retaken._]

Georgio Washington svpremo dvci exercitvvm adsertori libertatis Comitia Americana. [Rx].

Hostibus primo fugatis.

DUVIVIER. 1 1

II MAJOR-GENERAL HORATIO GATES.

[_Surrender of the British Army at Saratoga._]

Horatio Gates duci strenuo Comitia Americana.

[Rx]. Salus regionum septentrional.

N. GATTEAUX. 2 8

III BRIGADIER-GENERAL ANTHONY WAYNE.

[_Taking of Stony Point._]

Antonio Wayne duci exercitus Comitia Americana.

[Rx]. Stoney-Point expugnatum.

GATTEAUX. 3 14

IV LIEUTENANT-COLONEL DE FLEURY.

[_Taking of Stony Point._]

Virtutis et audaciae monum. et praemium. [Rx].

Aggeres paludes hostes victi.

DUVIVIER. 4 22

V MAJOR JOHN STEWART.

[_Taking of Stony Point._]

Joanni Stewart cohortis praefecto Comitia Americana.

[Rx]. Stoney-Point oppugnatum.

GATTEAUX. 5 28

VI MAJOR HENRY LEE.

[_Surprise of Paulus Hook._]

Henrico Lee legionis equit. praefecto. Comitia Americana. [Rx]. Non obstantib fluminibus vallis, etc.

J. WRIGHT. 6 29

VII JOHN PAULDING, DAVID WILLIAMS, ISAAC VAN WART.

[_Capture of Major Andre._]

Fidelity. [Rx]. Vincit amor patriae. 7 37

VIII BRIGADIER-GENERAL DANIEL MORGAN.

[_Victory of the Cowpens._]

Danieli Morgan duci exercitus Comitia Americana. [Rx]. Victoria libertatis vindex.

DUPRe. 8 40

IX LIEUTENANT-COLONEL WILLIAM AUGUSTINE WASHINGTON.

[_Victory of the Cowpens._]

Gulielmo Washington legionis equit.

praefecto Comitia American. [Rx]. Quod parva militum manu, etc.

DUVIVIER. 9 46

X LIEUTENANT-COLONEL JOHN EAGER HOWARD.

[_Victory of the Cowpens._]

Joh. Egar. Howard legionis peditum praefecto Comitia Americana. [Rx]. Quod in nutantem hostium aciem, etc.

DUVIVIER 10 48

XI MAJOR-GENERAL NATHANIEL GREENE.

[_Victory of Eutaw Springs._]

Nathanieli Green egregio duci Comitia Americana. [Rx]. Salus regionum australium.

DUPRe 11 50

XII ACKNOWLEDGMENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA BY THE UNITED NETHERLANDS.