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Dr. C. C. Abbott, Trenton, N. J.  [[strikethrough]]Dec. 15/88

"Yes!  I've [[/strikethrough]] [[superscript]]has[[/superscript]] seen a good many of them and take[[handwritten]]n[[/handwritten]] them to be hoes or spades, according to the hafting, etc.  Those [[superscript]]he has[[/superscript]] [[strikethrough]]I have[[/strikethrough]] collected, vary; but [[strikethrough]]I've[[/strikethrough]] classed them all as agricultural implements.[[strikethrough]]"[[/strikethrough]]

[[strikethrough]]Refers to "Agricultural Implements of Our New England Indians," by H. W. Haynes, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. Vol. XXII, Nov. 7, 1883.[[/strikethrough]]