[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] annually out of the public treasury two hundred dollars in specie, or an equivalent in current money of these States, during life, and that the board of war procure for each of them a silver medalon — one side of which shall be a shield with this inscriptl n, ' Fidelity,' and on the other, the following motto, 'Yincit amor patritr,' and forward them to the Commander-in-Chief, who is requested to present the same, with a copy of til is resolution, and the thanks of Congress for their fidelity and the eminent service they have rendered their country." The State also gave each a farm. The medals spoken of, as will be seen further on, were presented to the three patriots by Wash-ington himself, while encamped at Verplanck's Point, and the three had the honor of dining with him on the same day. There is now lying' before the writer, as he traces these lines, the identical silver medal, attached to the identical ribbon and rosette, as, together, I hey were given by General Washing-ton to Isaac Van Wart, over one hundred and five years ago. On the medal, all in italics (except the name " Andre," which is in Roman capitals), are inscribed, in addition to the legend designated in the resolution of Con-