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[[remnants of red wax seal remain on paper]] [[paper in landscape format]] From Horton Howard to J. Meigs transmitting a specimen of gypsum, &c. dated, 2[[superscript]]d[[/superscript]]. March, 1822. Read, [[underlined]] 1[[superscript]]st[[/superscript]]. June, [[/underlined]] 1822. [[paper rotated through 180 degrees]] Josiah Meigs Commissioner of the Gen[[superscript]]l[[/superscript]] Land Office Washington City [[line]] Communicated 1 June 1822 and read. [[paper in portrait format, having been rotated through 270 degrees, text written across the above address]] Private - [[?]] Specimens of Gypsum [[from ?]] Ohio ~ [[line]] For the Columbian Institute Josiah Meigs March 14 1822