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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.
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Number of specimens entered in Record Book, 469 for exhibition , for exchange 35, for storage 1. - 21 sketches made. 

Specification of Additions.
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A.A. Ackerman, Ensign U.S.N. -
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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. -
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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. -
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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. -
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Collection from the vicinity of Lexington: 2 rude chipped implements, 7 leaf-shaped implements, 6 cutting tools, 8 perforators,