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In addition to these relics of invention the silver co ffee urn, which was presented to Captain Moses Rogers of the Steamship Savannah, by Lord Lynedoch, in 1819, as a memento of the first voyage across the Atlantic by steam; together with a miniature likeness of Captain Rogers made during his sojourn in Russia, have been de osited by Mrs. F. A. Seely, Grand daughter of Captain Rogers.

In addition to the accessions already enumerated the study and exhibition series have been increased by the collection of engravings, prints and photographs and drawings of locomotives, cars, track standards, bridges and many original rail sections belonging ^[[to]] and deposited by the Curator. This collection is the result of his labors during the past fifteen years in this Country during a brief visit to Europe in 1886.