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ROLAND BAUGHAIAN

Auerbach gift. Mrs. Irwin Elkins Auerbach has presented to
Aveiy Library an autograph letter written to her by Frank Lloyd
Wright, January i8, 1949.
 

Berol gift. A year ago we noted the important gift by Air. and
Mrs. Alfred C. Berol of some fifteen letters and documents relating
to the American Revolution, or to personages who figured in it.
This year Air. and Airs. Berol join in adding to their gift forty-two
other letters and documents, all of prime historical significance.
Since, unhappily, there is not space to list all of the items, the
following selections must serve to show the superb quality and
distinction of this extraordinary gift.

1.  The official order issued by the Supreme Executive Council
of Pennsylvania on September 27, 1780, authorizing the confisca¬
tion of all papers in the house of Benedict Arnold. The order was
addressed to James Claypooie, Sheriff of Philadelphia, and was
signed by the Vice-President of the Council, \Villiam Aloore.

2.  An autograph letter, signed, from General Cornwallis to
Major James Wemyss, October 7, 1780. The letter is partly in
cipher, and it orders Wemyss to proceed with his regiment into
North Carolina in order to recruit men from among the British
sympathizers presumed to be there.

3.  A long and detailed report from Captain Drury Ragsdale to
General Nathaniel Greene, February 4, 1782. Captain Ragsdale
had been involved in General Greene's efforts to gather additional
forces for the projected attack on Charleston, S. C.
 

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