9^ Illustrations. 



The original Columbus documents described herein were exhib- 

 ited under authority of the United States Government at the World's 

 Columbian Exposition. While in charge of the Department of State 

 at Washington, photographs were taken of the entire collection, 

 the negatives thereby secured being subsequently presented to 

 the Field Columbian Museum by Act of Congress. The facsimiles 

 thus obtained, now form a part of the material in the Department of 

 Columbus Memorial of this Institution, and it was from these photo- 

 graphs that the halftone illustrations in this bulletin were made. 



