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C [[underlined]] Nomini [[/underlined]]

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(4185-20 M.)
United States National Museum.
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MEMORANDUM.
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F

Marshall Hall Md.
Apr. 25. 1886

Dear Sir
Your letter of the 22d inst. to hand Saturday 24th. Currioman the largest marl deposit upon the Potomac is from 55 to 60 miles from Washington upon the Va. side. The deposit is said to open for 6 or 8 miles upon the river showing very remarkable fossils. The Tertiary deposit is some distance up the cliff the bottom of the cliff is said to contain much wood leaves, &c., if so then we have the Cretaceous open 

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The type that we are querying as "of the" may be a Latin term I'm not familiar with. Now someone has worked it out, it really does seem like "of the" to me! - SL