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[[circular stamp]] SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION AUG 1, 1866 [[cicular stmap]]

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San F. July 1, 1866

Dear Sir -

As Director of the operations on this coast, a succinct account of the past and present operations of the Scientific Corps may not be uninteresting.

Robt. Kennicott, J.T. Rothrock, Wm H Dall, H.M. Bannister, H.W. Elliott, and Ferdinand Bischoff left New York in the spring of 1865, under circumstances, with which you are doubtless already familiar.

Upon our arrival in San Francisco, all were diligently employed in the preparations for the coming season.

Mr Rothrock, Henry Elliott & Henry Bannister were assigned to Maj. Frank Popes Exploring Party in British Columbia. With the exception of Bannister, the exigencies of the service have so far prevented them from doing any