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S32613 Mr. Dall WHD Feb9/84 A [[checkmark]] GS GS Return all letters Sh'd be [[?]] before sent back B File 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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labled [[labeled]]