Piece of china which belonged to Lord Fairfax over 200 years old ; glass tumbler with colored figures brought by theRomeyn's from Holland in 1654, and. then thought to be very old; box made of wood of the " Endeavour," the ship in which Capt. Cook sailed round the world ; she was brought to Newport, R. I., condemned as unseaworthy; the keel was sold to a cabinetmaker, and used for canes, boxes, &c. Medallion of Franklin, made of the red clay of Passy. Beaumarchais caused them to be struck from a profile sketched by Mile. Anna Vallayu, fur cap on head, very rare ; buttons from Yager coat worn by Paulding when he captured Andre, and given by him to General Pierre Van Cortlandt ; agate and silver casket, very old, &c.

The Library contains a valuable collection of books, autographs, &c. Among the former may be enumerated a Dutch translation of the "Common Prayer Book," entitled, "Het Boek Dar Gemeene Gebederen," Bedieninge du sacramenten Nevens Andrew Koskelyke Gewomteny lytyheden gebruykelyk in de Kerke von Engeland, &c, printed in "London by Jan. Hendrick Schuller, mdcciv (1704), Dedicated to Queene

HISTORY OF THE COUNTY OF WESTCHESTER.

Anne. On one of the fly leaves is recorded the following, in the handwriting of Gen Pierre Van Cortlandt: -- " Pierre Van Cortlandt's ejus Liber, March 1st, i739-40."a The Negro Plot, by the Recorder of New York, entitled, "A Journal of the detection of the Conspiracy, New York, printed by James Parker, 1744. A copy of this work brought $240 at Manzie's sale. This copy was once the property of the Hon. William P. Smith; sold by him to William Livingston with MSS. Notes, by Smith, "New England Judged," 1703; "Funeral Oration" on Washington by Major Michael Gabriel Houdin, with a portrait of the author, 1800.