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In the minutes of Januarj' 5th, 1839, this is mentioned as 

 a cast of Indian corn found in the envelope of a Mexican 

 mummy. 



The label quoted above appears to be in the handwriting 

 of the donor and signed by him. This, together with the fact 

 that embalming seems not to have been so common in Mexico 

 as in Peru, would indicate that the original label is correct. 



8. Local find of Indian relics from along the river front 

 at Chester, presented by T. Chalkley Palmer. These comprise 

 finished, unfinished and broken arrow heads, pottery, scraper, 

 axes, sorbet, etc. This is a remarkable find and a full 

 account of these is given in Volume I, Number 2, of the 

 Proceedings. 



9. Box of twenty pieces of glazed pottery presented by 

 E. A. Barber, of West Chester (see minutes of Institute of 

 October 7th, 1876). These were collected by him while with 

 Hayden's exploring party, in the ancient ruins of Colorado. 

 For illustrations of ancient Indian pottery from Colorado see 

 " Explorations for Railroad Route from the Mississippi to the 

 Pacific," Volume III, page 48. 



10. Box of fifteen pieces of ancient pottery from the 

 shell mounds of Florida. Collected and presented by Samuel 

 L. Anderson. Presumably these are from St. John's, as per 

 Institute minutes of August 7th, 1880. 



11. Pipe made by the Minnesota Indians. Presented by 

 Edward A. Price, Esq., of Media. 



12. Model of birch canoe from the lower St. Lawrence 

 River. Presented by Edward A. Price, Esq., of Media, Pa. 



13. An Indian pipe presented by Dr. William Young, of 

 Chichester, Delaware County, Pa. This pipe was given to 



