have transmitted to me, and it is my hope that those who come
after me, as they read the inscriptions of the medal and are
reminded of the event in their father's life which caused it to
be struck, will inflexibly resolve that should our Government be
again imperilled, no pecuniary sacrifice is too large to make in
its behalf, and no inducement sufficiently great to attempt to
profit by its necessities.

I am, Sir, your very obedient servant,
C. VANDERBILT.

No. 75. (p. 410)
PLATE LXXV.

_April 16, 1865--March 4, 1869._

Andrew Johnson, President of the United States 1865. [Rx]. Peace.

PRESIDENT ANDREW JOHNSON.

[_Seventeenth President of the United States of America._]

ANDREW JOHNSON, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 1865. Undraped bust of
President Johnson, facing the right PAQUET, F. (_fecit_).

America is giving her hand to an Indian chief, before a mausoleum,
upon which, in a crown of laurel, is the word PEACE. The mausoleum is
surmounted by a small undraped bust of Washington, facing the right;
to the left, at the feet of the Indian, are the attributes of savage
life, and behind him a buffalo hunt; to the right, at the feet of
America, are the emblems of civilization, and behind her a railway
train. PAQUET. F. (_fecit_).

ANDREW JOHNSON was born in Raleigh, North Carolina, December 29,
1808. He settled in Greenville, Tennessee, 1826; was a member of the
State Legislature, 1835 and 1839; State senator, 1841; member of
Congress, 1843-1853; governor of Tennessee, 1853-1857; and United
States senator, 1857-1863. He remained true to the Union when his
State seceded, and was appointed military-governor of Tennessee, 1864;
became vice-president of the United States, March 4, 1865; President,
after the assassination of President Lincoln, April 16, 1865-1869. He
was an unsuccessful candidate for the Senate of the United States in
1870, and for Congress in 1871; but was elected to the Senate in 1875.
He died July 31, 1875, near Elizabethtown, Carter County, Tennessee.

No. 76. (p. 411)
PLATE LXXVI.

_December, 1853._

By Joint resolution of Congress to the rescuers of the passengers
officers and men of steamship San Francisco, etc. [Rx]. July 26
1866.

WRECK OF THE STEAMSHIP