[249] An official note informed the Secretary of State, in the following
December, of the arrangements made by the French Republic for the
preservation, among proper surroundings, of the Franklin medal: "In the
centre of the Hall of Honor in the Museum of Medals at the Paris Mint,
stand four ancient show-cases of the time of Louis XVI. One of these has
been selected for the Franklin medal, which has been surrounded with the
medals herein below enumerated, which were deemed the fittest to make up
a worthy retinue, if the phrase be permissible." There follows a
description of sixteen medals commemorative of Franco-American history,
placed in the same case. "House of Representatives," 59th Congress, 2d
session, Document No. 416.