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[[underline]] Report on the Operations in the Department of Antiquities, U.S. National Museum, during June, 1886. [[/underline]]

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Number of specimens entered in Record Book, for exhibition 50, for exchange 3; in Loan Book 3.

[[underline]] Specification of Additions.[[/underline]]
[[underline]]Accession 17471.[[/underline]]
[[underline]]C. Armstrong, Carrollton, Greene County, Illinois [[/underline]].---Cast of a chipped and afterward polished specimen of white jasper, in the shape of a lizard. The original, loaned by Mr. Armstrong, was found on the surface in Walkerville Township, Greene County, Illinois, seven miles northwest of Carrollton, on what is known as the Illinois River Bluffs. The cast was taken in the National Museum and the original handed over to Registrar for return June 3, 1886.

[[underline]] Accession 17547.[[/underline]]
[[underline]]Edward D. Hicks, Nashville, Tennessee.- [[/underline]] --Casts of 3 chipped flint objects, remarkable for large size and unusual forms, namely, a disc from Stewart County, Tennessee, a sword-like article and an implement (?), formed at one end like a crab's claw, from Humphreys County, in the same State. The originals, found on the surface, were loaned by Mr. Hicks, and the casts taken in the National Museum. Drawings were also made from the specimens by Mr. Trill. They were delivered to Registrar for return June 25, 1886.

[[underline]]Accession 17449.[[/underline]]
[[underline]]Henry Weidenbach, Washington, D.C.[[/underline]] ---Three arrow-heads and a polished celt from Telfair County, Georgia.