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[upper left embossed 3 mast sailing ship; above emboss stamped in blue ink diagonally "G.Brown Good" with what appears to be initials written in green pencil over stamp and letter "J" underneath stamp] [upper right bates-type stamp in blue ink "S 35917" with "Cox." written in pencil & blue ink circled followed by "fils" written in blue ink] Report on the Operations in the Department of Antiquities, U.S. National Museum, during May, 1884. [above text underlined] Number of specimens entered in Record Book, 469 for exhibition , for exchange 35, for storage 1. - 21 sketches made. Specification of Additions. [above text underlined and indented] A.A. Ackerman, Ensign U.S.N. - [above text underlined] Collection from Godhavn, Greenland. - 24 chips and flakes of flint, etc., 1 trimmed flake, 1 spear-head(?), 3 chipped and 2 polished arrow-heads, 4 fragments of arrow-heads, 1 pebble (slightly worked) and 1 natural formation resembling worked stone. - 37 specimens, all for exhibition. R.E.C. Stearns, Auburn, Placer County, California. - [above text underlined] 8 casts of a stone pestle (metamorphic sandstone), found on Santa Cruz Island, California, 8 casts of a stone pestle, found at an elevation of 1500 feet near Point Tal, Santa Barbara County, California, and 7 casts of a supenline[?] sinker, found on the University Grounds at Berkley, Alameda County, California. - 3 specimens for exhibit (one of each kind), 20 for exchange Dr. W.W. Oglesby, Fossil, Wasco County, Oregon. - [above text underlined] very fine sword-shaped stone club, found imbedded in the roots of a fir tree (supposed to be 300 years old) near Mary's Park, Wasco County. Deposited. A. Fairhurst, Lexington, Kentucky. - [above text underlined] Collection from the vicinity of Lexington: 2 rude chipped implements, 7 leaf-shaped implements, 6 cutting tools, 8 perforators,