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UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM
UNDER DIRECTION OF
THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
WASHINGTON
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June 8, 1896

Mr. G. Brown Goode
Assistant Secretary
in charge National Museum.

Sir:

Mr. Richmond has appealed to me in regard to the matter of reports upon material submitted or received for examination, to which you have recently called his attention; and as the matter seems to be a complicated one, [[strikethrough]]with features which possibly[[/strikethrough]] I beg the privilege of stating our side of the case; not in a spirit of recalcitration, but to explain some features you may not, perhaps, have understood, and also in the hope that such