Whoa --- Ely Parker was also US Grant's personal secretary as I recall. We shall certainly be on the lookout. Also, did you see this? Significant implications for military collections: http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/dekalb/stories/0726metexplode.htm l And finally a question related to the article above: there is a persistent rumor that the state of GA ended up with some of the shells and other materials recovered from the "Expressway Cache" in the early 1960s. This was the site of the Atlanta Arsenal, discovered beneath the downtown connector near Grady Hospital. The DuBoses and others descended on it like locusts. We have a couple of pieces here and Bo still has some too, but the rumor is that the bulk of it went to the state. Do you know anything about it? Just curious. Best, Gordon Gordon L. Jones Vice President of Exhibitions and Collections | Atlanta History Center 130 West Paces Ferry Road NW Atlanta, Georgia 30305 p | 404.814.4057 f | 404.814.2041 e | [log in to unmask] Find out what's new now at the Atlanta History Center! Visit www.AtlantaHistoryCenter.com <http://www.AtlantaHistoryCenter.com <http://www.atlantahistorycenter.com/> >. -----Original Message----- From: Museum discussion list [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Patrick Weissend Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2006 2:48 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Ely S. Parker Presidential medals stolen - not the WashingtonPeace Medal] >Please see the link below for more information. His more famous George >Washington Peace medal is at the Buffalo and Erie County Historical >Society. > > >LOCKPORT - Two presidential medals awarded to a Seneca Indian who wrote >the final draft of the surrender terms to end the Civil War were stolen >over the weekend from the Niagara County Historical Society. > > >The medals - given to Ely S. Parker by Presidents James A. Garfield and >Benjamin Harrison - were stolen by two men between 4:30 and 5 p.m. >Saturday from the Civil War Room in the Outwater Home on the historical >society's Niagara Street campus. > > > > >http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20060802/1014956.asp?PFVer=Story > > > > >PLEASE CIRCULATE WIDELY========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes). ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).