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[[preprinted letterhead]] UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM UNDER DIRECTION OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION WASHINGTON [[/preprinted]] Mr. W. H. Chandler a young artist of this city wishing to perfect himself in ethnological drawing joined the force of this Department as a volunteer and made great progress.