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[[preprinted]] SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM [[line]] MEMORANDUM [[/preprinted]] Jan. 23. 1911. [[stamped]] R.R. | JAN 24 1911 [[/stamped]] To Dr. R. Rathbun, Assistant Secretary, I beg to request permission to publish the enclosed note, on an important fossil cetacean belonging to the National Museum, in the [[underlined]] Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington [[/underlined]] or in [[underlined]] Science [[/underlined]]. Yours respectfully, F.W. True Approved R. Rathbun Acting Secretary