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25 S Smithsonian Institution Washington S.P. Langley. Secretary May 16, 1894. My Dear Mr. Warner: I fear I may have handicapped you in the medal by asking for so much lettering that you have been unduly crowded, and I am going to ask if you are willing to try again, in a treatment somewhat similar to that of the Draper Medal, (of which I sent you a photograph), with a three-quarter head of Henry, which may do fuller justice, than the profile, to the features of the inclosed photograph. I hope that you will not consider that I am infringing on the province of the