Description of Medal........................................ 421 Biographical Sketch of George Peabody....................... 422 Resolution of Congress Voting a Medal to George Peabody................................. March 16, 1867... 423 George Peabody's Gift for Southern Education............................. February 7, 1867... 423 Action of the Trustees of the Peabody Gift.................................. February 8, 1867... 425 The Secretary of State to George Peabody... June 23, 1868... 426 George Peabody to the Secretary of State............................... September 18, 1868... 427 The Secretary of State to George Peabody................................ October 7, 1868... 427 George Peabody to the Secretary of State.................................. January 6, 1869... 428 79 PRESIDENT ULYSSES SIMPSON GRANT. LXXIX [_Eighteenth President of the United States of America._] Description of Medal........................................ 429 80 GEORGE FOSTER ROBINSON. LXXX [_Heroic Conduct._] Description of Medal........................................ 430 Biographical Sketch of George Foster Robinson............... 431 Resolution of Congress Voting a Medal to George F. Robinson................................. March 1, 1871... 431 Report of the Committee on Foreign Affairs in Regard to George F. Robinson........................................ 432 81 LOSS OF THE STEAMER METIS. LXXXI (p. lxvii) [_Courage and Humanity._] Description of Medal........................................ 434 Biographical Sketch of Charles E. Barber.................... 434 Resolution of Congress Voting Medals to Captain Crandall and others........................... February 24, 1873... 434 Captain David Ritchie to the Secretary of the Navy................................. September 1, 1872... 435 Resolution of Congress Voting Thanks to Captain Ritchie............................... January 24, 1873... 437 82 CENTENNIAL MEDAL. LXXXII [_Hundredth Anniversary of American Independence._] Description of Medal........................................ 438 Act of Congress Authorizing Centennial Medals................................... June 16, 1874... 439 Official Notice Promulgated by the Centennial Board of Finance................................. March 24, 1875... 439 83 CENTENNIAL MEDAL. LXXXIII [_Hundredth Anniversary of American Independence._] Description of Medal........................................ 440 84 LIFE SAVING MEDAL OF THE FIRST CLASS. LXXXIV [_Saving Life from the Perils of the Sea._]