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GBG [[check mark]] 1 copy [[T?]] 3-5-86. KIW. Mason October [[stamped]] g48851 [[/stamped]] [[preprinted letterhead]] UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM UNDER DIRECTION OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION WASHINGTON [[/preprinted]] November 11, 1885 Professor Spencer F. Baird, Director, U. S. National Museum, D.C. Dear Sir: I have the honor to submit the monthly report for the Department of Ethnology. During the month of October my force consisted of Miss Latham and Messrs. Singleton, Sweeny, and Clayton. In addition to the routine of the Department, caring for specimens, correspondence, etc. we were especially engaged in opening and classifying the exhibit of the State Department in the New Orleans Exposition. This has all been properly