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SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1865.[[Preprinted]]

Large stove put up at each end of the museum.

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SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1865.[[Preprinted]]

  Today the weather has been quite unpleasant and on account of the severe cold I caught at the time of the fire I have not been able to attend the funeral of Mr Varden who has been so long connected with this Institution and the museum of the Patent-office. He has been failing for some months past went home quite unwell two or three weeks ago--came over looking very badly the day after the fire; was taken much worse and died on [[left blank]] He been engaged as a builder of theatres and had constructed several I think he informed me, for Colwell the celebrated southwestern manager. He many years ago established a museum in this city, and when the specimens of the exploring expidition were sent home even before the return of the expidition he was appointed the curator of them. He continued in this position until the articles of the expidition were transferred to the care of the S.I. when he came with them.