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Approved. G Brown Goode
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United States National Museum
[[crossed-out]] Under direction of 
The Smithsonian Museum
Washington [[/crossed-out]]

Department of Mollusca
Washington D.C. Feb 20th 1885.

Prof. Spencer F. Baird -
U.S. Commissioner of Fisheries.

Dear Sir.
Following the general instructions transmitted to this department requiring the preparation of material to be exhibited at the New Orleans International Exposition by the United States National Museum, a sufficient number of species and specimens were accordingly prepared - Enough to fill twenty-one table or flat cases - equalling an area of about four