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[[preprinted letterhead]]
UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 
UNDER DIRECTION OF
THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
WASHINGTON [[/preprinted]]

[[underlined]] Mr Luscomb [[/underlined]] Making houses of the Aborigines for Chicago.

[[underlined]] Mr Shindler [[/underlined]] So far as he has worked for me, completing a series of type figures in costume, illustrating the races of men.

[[underlined]] Mr Soh [[/underlined]] Writing up the Corean, Japanese and Chinese Collections.

During the month Mr J. D. McGuire, of Ellicott City, Maryland, has without pay, been engaged in making a series of rude and polished stone implements for the museum, using only aboriginal apparatus and processes and keeping accurate account of the time and number of strokes required in each case. You will find below account of accessions ---