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^[[In November 1886 the large collection of relics of General Grant were]] received and added very greatly to the popular interest in this section of the Museum.*
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*A list of these relics is given in the Annual Report for 1887.
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The growth of the ^[[historical]] collections in the past three years has been very rapid and the space devoted to this class of exhibits is found far too limited for their display to [[strikethrough]] of [[/strikethrough]] visitors.