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ures representing Quarry Workshop (?) from Piney Branch, D.C. ^[[The]] ^[[line indicating to make one paragraph]] decoration of walls, above the cases, with 195 paintings, drawings, lithographs and photographs of prehistoric objects, monuments and localities.
^[[line indicating to make one paragraph]] Framing and hanging on ^[[the]] west wall (above the cases) ^[[a]] large painting representing Ruins of Spruce Tree House, Mancos Canyon, Colorado; on ^[[the]] south wall, Major Powell's Map of Linguistic Stocks of North America; ^[[and]] on ^[[the]] east wall, ^[[a]] Chronologic ^[[m]] ap, adapted to show ^[[the]] distribution of [[strikethrough]] A [[/strikethrough]] ^[[a]] boriginal [[strikethrough]] M [[/strikethrough]] ^[[m]] ound-districts in the United States.

Two hundred and forty drawers were [[strikethrough]] made by Barber & Ross (on a bid of $350., to be paid by July 1, 1895 and not later than July 20th) [[/strikethrough]] ^[[constructed]] and put in eight sloping table-top cases with frosted glass doors. ^[[This was]] completed March 19, 1895, in which since then, we have placed 3,500 objects belonging to the collection.^[[))]]

Packing boxes for storage with Registrar as follows: (a) Seventy-two (72) boxes, Nos. 29 to 100 inclusive, of Aboriginal stone implements and domestic utensils - heavy and somewhat broken - scarcely fit for display, though good for study, such as mortars and pestles, metates and rubbing-stones, hammers, mauls, grooved and notched axes, &c., &c., miscellaneous articles chiefly from Pueblos of the West and intended for disposal by gift or exchange. Transferred to Annex Building July 19th, 1894.
 
(b) Twenty-four (24) boxes, Nos. 101 to 125 inclusive, containing moulds for plaster casts of stone implements and carvings, made by Mr. Palmer in 1876 and after. Stored for many years in small rooms in basement under North Tower of Smithsonian Institution. Packed Janyary 15 & 16, 1895 and sent to storage.
 
(c) Ten (10) boxes, Nos 126 to 135 inclusive, containing mound pottery - incomplete vessels and fragments. Received from the