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[[printed letterhead]] UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM
UNDER DIRECTION OF
THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
WASHINGTON [[/printed letterhead]] 

[[cross-section drawing of excavation by Mr. Volk showing hole dug in ground and surrounding soil types with captions]]

Pit 3 feet wide, filled with black earth in wh. is found objects similar to Madisonville O. & unlike anything heretofore found on the surface in the neighborhood. So says Abbott.

Soil
Yellow sand
Yellow clay
undisturbed
[[/end captions]]

Visit made to pits found by Mr Volk at Labors farm. 1 mile south of Trenton N.J. November 10. 1890.