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bone had been found, and in our various diggings in various parts 

 of it, we did not find anything of importance. I picked up a few small 

 bones which I have preserved. The floor is generally soft like that 

 of the Carlisle cave, and if we had had a little more time at command, 

 we might have found something, but night came on us and we had 

 to part. We promised to call again and try it, and the old gentleman 

 said his son would then go with us, and show us where the bone was 

 found &c. . . . 



Yours truly, 



JOHN WILSON. 



In 1852 Baird arranged to have specimens for the 

 Smithsonian transported on Government vessels when 

 practicable. Prof. E. Emmons of the North Carolina 

 Geological Survey offered to send his collections to the 

 Institution for determination and report. When the 

 Board of Regents met in January, Baird explained to 

 them his plan for free international exchange of scientific 

 papers, which was approved by them and Professor 

 Henry and has since grown into the Bureau of Inter- 

 national Exchanges, one of the greatest benefits to science 

 ever planned. In January a fire occurred in Garrigue's 

 printing office, destroying the plates of the second volume 

 of the Encyclopedia, and some Smithsonian material. 



At the request of Captain (later Major General) 

 George B. McClellan he undertook to see a volume on 

 Bayonet Exercises through the press. 



March 8th he went to Philadelphia to attend to 

 various items of business and see his grandmother Biddle, 

 then more than 86 years old. He finished the Report on 

 Zoology for Stansbury's expedition to Salt Lake. His 

 salary was raised by the Regents to $2000.00 per annum. 

 The International exchanges amounted to nearly 500 

 packages for 362 institutions and individuals, nearly all 



