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[[preprinted letterhead]] UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM UNDER DIRECTOR OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION WASHINGTON [[/preprinted letterhead]] [[stamped]] S 39243 [[/stamped]] [[upside down stamped]] Approved G Brown Goode [[/upside down stamped]] Nov. 1. 1884 My Dear Professor Baird. During the month of October the force under my charge have been engaged as follows:-- [[underline]] Miss Latham, [[/underline]] copying catalogues, making a card catalogue of Mr. Goode's Museum classification, and attending to my own indexing as far as I have been able to go. [[underline]] Mr. Sweeny, [[/underline]] mounting specimens for New Orleans. This work has gone slowly for the reason that every single object had to be found before it could be mounted. [[underline]] Mr. Clayton, [[/underline]] keeping the catalogue, marking specimens, assorting the old collections, making up lots for Mr. Sweeny and Mr. Hawley. [[underline]] Mr. Hawley, [[/underline]] kept very busy mounting for New Orleans, Going [[??]] the first part of the month. Oct. 17th, his force went to work for the Bureau of Ethnology, Mr. Clayton.