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Mr. Dall

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Feb9/84

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UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM
UNDER DIRECTION OF
THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION

WASHINGTON

Feb'y 2 1884

Dear Sir,

I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 1st [[Inst?]] relative to reports of work accomplished. Had I known that such a report was expected from me I would have furnished it.

I have been engaged as you are aware, in rearranging the Rich Collection of shells. Up to Feb'y 1st nearly all the bivalves have been sorted, identified, arranged according to families and genera, labled and boxed so as to conform to the 

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