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[[underlined]] Accession 17717.[[/underlined]]
[[underlined]] George Middleton and W.H.H. Chambers, Lumberton, Burlington County, New Jersey._[[/underlined]] Collection from Burlington County: Arrow-head-shaped specimens from a deposit, grooved axes, pestles, natural formations (slightly modified), grooved sinkers and a fragment of a potstone vessel; 38 specimens.

[[underlined]] Accession 17721. [[/underlined]]
[[underlined]]A.D. Thomas, Terre Haute, Putnam County, Missouri:_ [[/underlined]]
A grooved axe, an arrow-head and part of spear-head; also some useless pebbles, not entered. All from Putnam County.

[[underlined]]Accession 17733. [[/underlined]] [[check mark]]
[[underlined]]J.C. Zeledon, San José, Costa Rica._[[/underlined]] A very large and fine metate.

[[underlined]]Accession 17816. [[/underlined]]
[[underlined]]Frank Burns, U.S. Geol. Survey._[[/underlined]] A small ceremonial object (grooved) from Orangeburgh County, South Carolina.

Most of the time was devoted to the entering of the Fischer collection and the preparation of the annual report for 1885/86.

Smithsonn Institution, July 31, 1886.
Professor S.F. Baird.
C. Rau
Curator.

Transcription Notes:
Accession 17733 has a red check mark after the number. In Accession 17816, "Orangeburgh County" is spelled wrong - proper spelling is "Orangeburg" but transcribed as written. In the signatures, "Smithsonian" is abbreviated; transcribed as written.