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U.S. National Museum.
Washington, D.C.
July   , 1887.  
Mr. G. Brown Goode,
Assistant Secretary Smithsonian Institution, and in charge of the US. National Museum.
Sir,
   I have the honor to transmit the following annual report on the operations of the Section of Materia Medica of this museum which was intrusted to my care during the fiscal year ending June 7th, 1887. [[/strikethrough]]

Report on [[insertion]] ^ the [[/insertion]] of Mater Medica in the U.S. National Museum for the year ending June 30, 1887.
H.G. Beyer: [[underlined]] Honorary Curator. 
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[[strikethrough]] I [[/strikethrough]] [[double underline]] General review of the year's work.
[[strikethrough]] a. [[/strikethrough]] [[underline]] Work of preserving the collection. [[/underline]]

   A collection of materia medica specimens, as it is found in the National Museum and also in a few museums in other parts of the world, consisting as it must, of mostly dried