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Mr. Douglas Volk, of New York City, and 13 newspapers published 

 at Richmond, Virginia, in 1865, were received from Mr, George C. 

 Maynard. 



Among other accessions may be mentioned relics of John Hancock, 

 deposited by Mr. Thomas Chase, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; a 

 shotgun owned and used by Daniel Webster, presented by Dr. Henry 

 Furness, of Malone, New York ; an autograph letter of Gen. Ulysses 

 S. Grant, given by Mr. Irvine Mitchell, United States commissioner, 

 at St. Louis, Missouri; a cane of the Haytian general and statesman, 

 Toussaint I'Ouverture, donated by Mr. Gaillard Hunt, of the Library 

 of Congress; an autograph letter of Isidore Geoifroy St. Hilaire, gift 

 of Dr. C. W. Richmond, of the National Museum ; a powder gourd 

 carried in the Revolutionary war by William Edwards, and in the 

 civil war by his great-grandson Hon. Thomas J. Edwards, lent by 

 the latter. The National Society of Colonial Dames of America 

 added 24 objects to its collection. The collection of coins and medals 

 was also increased. 



Much attention was given to the installation, readjustment, and 

 labeling of the collections. The Alaska- Yukon-Pacific Exposition 

 has drawn heavily on the time and material of the division. Among 

 those who obtained assistance were: Mr. Douglas Yolk, who photo- 

 graphed the life mask of President Lincoln made by Leonard Yolk in 

 18G0 ; Mr. John Ward Dunsmore, of New York, who measured Wash- 

 ington's uniform for use in painting a portrait of the first President; 

 and Mr. W. P. Kyle, who sought information as to the tj^pe of 

 Revolutionary service sword to use on a monument to Gen. James 

 Lirtgan, of the Continental Army. 



Preparators. — The work of the preparators was actively prose- 

 cuted. Mr. Joseph Palmer was chiefl}^ occupied with the care and 

 repair of specimens, but also made casts of 13 life-size figures from 

 sculpture molds for the Seattle Exposition. Mr. H. W. Hendley 

 completed a number of type busts of Indians for the division of 

 physical anthropology, made casts of archeological specimens, and 

 completed the rehabilitation of the costumed groups in the Museum 

 exhibit. From September, 1908, to May, 1009, Mr. Hendley was 

 attached to the special force engaged in preparations for the Seattle 

 Exposition. 



DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY. 



Among the accessions to this department containing material 

 belonging to more than one division the following are especially 

 noteworthy: A gift of about 1,200 European mammals, besides 

 61 reptiles, from Mr. Oldfield Thomas, of the British Museum, and 

 Mr. Gerrit S. Miller, jr., of this Museum, so greatly increases the 

 importance of the National Museum collection of the mammals of 



