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dollars each, besides many smaller sums. The American 

 Academy of Arts and Sciences made a donation of three 

 thousand dollars; the Society for the Diffusion of Use- 

 ful Knowledge gave one thousand dollars ; the American, 



Merchants 7 , and National Insurance Companies and 

 Humane Society gave five hundred dollars 'each ; two 

 other companies gave three hundred dollars each ; one 



