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3 ^[[Among]] The most important accessions ^[[of the year]] are (1) the "Vail papers" deposited by the heirs of Alfred Vail, and consisting of [[strikethrough]] a large number upwards of [[/strikethrough]] ^[[about thirty volumes]] of manuscript letters, [[strikethrough]] and [[/strikethrough]] drawings [[strikethrough]] relating [[/strikethrough]] ^[[and printed matter]] pertaining to the [[strikethrough]] early inception [[/strikethrough]] [[?trimentioned]] history of the telegraph from [[strikethrough]] 1840 [[/strikethrough]] 1837 to [[strikethrough]] 1850 [[/strikethrough]] 1852. These papers are enumerated in detail [[strikethrough]] A list of these [[/strikethrough]] below in the list of accessions. [[strikethrough]](2) Statue of liberty by Crawford, the original full size model made in Rome [[/strikethrough]]