The most interesting of all to Americans is the copy of the American Constitution that President Cleveland sent to the Vatican by Cardinal Gibbons. It is printed on vellum in richly illuminated English characters, and bound in white and red. It is enclosed in a case of purple plush with gold hinges, and bears this autographic inscription by President Cleveland:

“Presented to his Holiness Pope Leo XIII., as an expression of congratulation on the occasion of his sacerdotal jubilee, with the profound regard of Grover Cleveland, President of the United States, through the courtesy of his Eminence Cardinal Gibbons, Archbishop of Baltimore.”

WASHINGTON, D. C.

Upon the next page, beneath an American eagle printed in gold, is this inscription:

“The Constitution of the United States. Adopted Sept. 17, 1787.”

The page bearing this inscription and all the fly leaves were of exquisite watered silk.