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[upper left corner embossed 3 mast sailing ship]

John Hawkins, Newberry, Newberry County, South Carolina. -
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5 arrow-heads, 1 perforator, 1 fragment of a potstone vessel, and 1 fragment of pottery, from Newberry County, 6 shell beads and 5 fragments of Unio-shells from an Indian grave in Richmond County, South Carolina. - 19 specimen for exhibition.
James B. Guill, Burlington, Coffey County, Kansas. -
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1 polished celt from Otter Creek in Coffey County.  I urge again the printing of the labels for the Wheeler collection in divisions of 1 to 4 (incl.) of the wall-case to the left of the entrance to the hall. -
The time not spent in the routine work of the Department are devoted to the supervision of the printing of my work in prehistoric fishing.  There are now 309 pages electro-typed  - already more than contained in the "Ancient Monuments of the Mississippi Valley".

Smithsonian Institution, June 2, 1884.
                                  C. Rau [signature]
Professor S.F. Baird                 Curator