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

I also take pleasure in speaking of the great value of the collection of Mr. J. H. Turner from Porcupine river, of Alaska. This is the more a source of gratification on account of the friendly relations which it reveals between the U.S. Coast Survey and the National Museum.

[[blue pencil]] his X mark [[/in blue pencil]]