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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.