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During January there was some correspondence between the Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and the Secretary of the Association concerning the conditions under which the Association may transfer to the care of the Institution its collection of books, pamphlets, and other historic objects.  Such transfer having been authorized by Act of Congress Jan 4 1889 and by resolution of the Board of Regents of the Institution Jan 9 1889, the Sectary has decided that the Collection when deposited here shall be in charge of the Curator of the Historical Collections in the Museum [[strikethrough]] he having [[/strikethrough]] ^[[who has]] been elected Assistant Secretary