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In witness whereof, I, the said Cyrus B. Comstock, have hereunto and unto a duplicate 
hereof, set my hand and seal this twenty-seventh day of November, one thousand nine 
hundred and seven. 
Cyrus B. Comstock. 
Sworn and subscribed before Monchure March, notary public, in the city and county of 
New York, November 27, 1907. 
Know all men by these presents that the National Academy of Sciences, the Trustee 
named in the foregoing instrument, hereby acknowledges the receipt from the said Cyrus B. 
Comstock of said ten (ro) Union Pacific Railroad Company Registered First Mortgage 
Railroad and Land Grant Four Per Cent Gold Bonds, Numbers B 588, B 663, B 993, B 994, 
B 1106, B 1204, B 1282, B 1290, B 1309, B 1369 each for $1,000, duly assigned to the said 
National Academy of Sciences as Trustee under the foregoing instrument, and his check for 
Four hundred Dollars ($400.00), payable to the order of the National Academy of Sciences; 
and that, by authority of its Council, the said Trustee hereby accepts and agrees to hold 
the same in trust and upon the terms and conditions above set forth. 
And the said National Academy of Sciences hereby constitutes and appoints Ira Remsen 
its true and lawful attorney, for it and in its name to acknowledge this instrument, and 
a duplicate hereof, to be its act before any person having authority to take such 
acknowledgment. 
In witness whereof, the said the National Academy of Sciences has caused its corporate 
seal to be hereunto and unto a duplicate hereof affixed, and these presents, and a duplicate 
hereof, to be signed in its name by its President and Treasurer this thirtieth day of 
November, one thousand nine hundred and seven. 
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 
By Ira REMSEN, President. 
S. F. Emmons, Treasurer. 
Sworn and subscribed before John R. Hooper, notary public, in the city of Baltimore, 
State of Maryland, December 4, 1907. 
THE HENRY DRAPER FUND 
The text of the deed of gift is as follows: 
Know all men by these presents that I, Mary Anna Palmer Draper of the City, County 
and State of New York, in consideration of the premises, and of the acceptance of the within 
trust by the National Academy of Sciences and also in consideration of divers other good and 
valuable considerations, we, the said Mary Anna Palmer Draper hereto moving, have given, 
granted, assigned, transferred and set over and by these presents do give, grant, assign, 
transfer and set over unto the said National Academy of Sciences and to their successors 
forever, a certain fund or sum of Six thousand dollars with the interest and income thereof 
To have and to hold the same in trust nevertheless upon the special trusts and for the 
uses and purposes following, to wit: 
First. In trust to invest and to reinvest the said sum of Six thousand dollars and to keep 
the same invested in good and safe securities, or in such other manner as shall be, in their 
opinion, best for the preservation and maintenance of said fund. 
Second. In trust to use the interest, and income thereof for the purpose of striking a 
gold medal which shall be called the ‘“ Henry Draper Medal,” shall be of the value of Two 
hundred dollars, and shall be struck in a die to be selected and presented to said National 
Academy of Sciences by me, the said Mary Anna Palmer Draper. And the said medal shall 
be awarded and presented, from time to time, by the said National Academy of Sciences, to 
any person in the United States of America or elsewhere who shall make an original investi- 
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