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has already excellent reports on those of Bermuda, the Bahamas, and Jamaica. 

 As has been explained in previous reports, the many volumes in the West 

 Indian section of the Colonial Office Papers, preserved in the Pubhc Record 

 Office in London, are the indispensable complement to the various series 

 which are preserved in the island archives. The examination of these West 

 Indian ''classes" of the Colonial Office Papers, by Professor Herbert C. Bell, 

 down to the year 1775, and the receipt of his inventory of American papers 

 thereupon, have already been reported. During the past year Miss Lillian 

 M. Penson, of London, proceeding on fines laid down by Mr. Bell, has con- 

 tinued this survey, from 1775 to 1815, the point at which the inventory is to 

 conclude. What now remains for the completion of the book is the exam- 

 ination of the archives of those of the Lesser Antilles which are c olonies of 

 Great Britain. 



In the work upon the Atlas of the Historical Geography of the United States, 

 Dr. PauUin has during the year completed a considerable number of maps, 

 lying in four different divisions of the work. In the portion relating to 

 economic history, he has finished a map showing incidence of income taxes in 

 1866, one showing taxes on incomes and profits in 1920, and fourteen showing 

 imports and exports in various periods. In the group of maps relating to the 

 development of geographical knowledge of the country, he has finished the 

 map showing Spanish explorations in the western portions of the United 

 States in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, and that showing French 

 explorations in the same region, chiefly in the eighteenth century. He has 

 completed maps showing Indian reservations as they stood in 1840, 1875, and 

 1920, and one showing Indian tribes and linguistic stocks. Fourthly, he has 

 finished the map showing Indian battles and battles between the English and 

 the French in the period before the Revolution. For all maps that have been 

 completed, the letterpress has also been prepared. In the execution of the 

 maps, Dr. Paullin has had, as usual, the aid of Mr. J. B. Bronson as drafts- 

 man. Professor Herbert E. Bolton, of the University of California, gave 

 valuable advice respecting the maps showing French and Spanish explora- 

 tions in the far West. Preliminary maps for battles of the Revolution and 

 the War of 1812 have also been prepared. 



Just before the end of the year reported upon, the Department received 

 from Mr. David M. Matteson, of Cambridge, the completed manuscript of 

 the volume with which he has been occupied on behalf of the Department. 

 This is a compilation of the information respecting manuscripts relating to 

 American history which can be obtained from the printed catalogues of 

 manuscripts put forth by European libraries or from other printed lists which 

 describe manuscripts contained in public repositories. It should be observed 

 that the manuscripts concerning American history which are to be found in the 

 libraries of London, Oxford, and Cambridge have been catalogued in Andrews 

 and Davenport's Guide to the Materials for American History in the British 

 Museum, etc., and in others of the Department's British Guides; that the 

 manuscripts in Roman libraries, as well as in Roman archives, were included 

 in the scope of Professor Fish's Guide to the Materials for American History in 

 Roman and other Italian Archives; and that the libraries of Paris are included 

 in Mr. Leland's survey already described. Outside these five cities, however, 

 there are in the other libraries of Europe, scattered in small quantities here and 

 there, a large number of manuscripts relating to American history. 



