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We give you early notice that you may act accordiugly, and all legal 

 difficulties be removed at as early a day as practicable. 

 Our post-ofiQce address is Carlisle, Pennsylvania. 

 Yours, respectfully, 



JOSEPH n. STUAET, 



ABEAM BOSLER, 



Executors of James Hamilton, deceased. 

 Professor Joseph Henry, 



Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. 



Extract from the icill of James Hamilton, dated November 20, 1871. 



" In the name of God, amen. I, James Hamilton, declare this to be 

 my last will and testament, with respect to my personal property : 



8. I give one thousand dollars to the Board of Regents of the Smith- 

 sonian Institution, located at Washington, D. C, to be invested by said 

 regents in some safe fund, and the interest to be appropriated bienni- 

 ally by the secretaries, either in money or a medal, for such contribu- 

 tion, paper, or lecture on any scientific or useful subject as said secre- 

 taries may api)rove." 



G. 



CIECULAR SENT WITH SPECIMEKS PRESENTED TO INSTI- 

 TUTIONS. 



The following is a copy of the circular sent to foreign museums on 

 the presentation to them of specimens from the collections of the insti- 

 tution ; which was alluded to by the secretary in his remarks at the 

 meeting of the Board on the 20th January, 1873 : 



Smithsonian Institution, 



Washingtonj I). C, , 18 7-. 



Dear Sir : In behalf of the Smithsonian Institution, we have this 



day forwarded by the specimens mentioned in the accompanying 



receipt — a i^reseut from the Institution, uj^on the following conditions : 



1. That an acknowledgment be made to the Secretary of the Institu- 

 tion immediately on receipt of the specimens, by signing and returning 

 the accompanying blank. 



2. That full credit be given the Institution for the donation, on the 

 labels of the specimens, in published reports, and under all other cir- 

 cumstances. 



3. That free access to and use of these specimens be allowed, under 

 the proper restrictions, to all persons engaged in original investigations 

 requiring such material. 



