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invite Doctor Richard Rathbun to attend as the representative of 

 the Association, or to secure the attendance in his stead of a member 

 of the staff of the National Museum who is also a member of this 

 Association. 



From the Archaeological Institute of America: 



At the meeting of the Washington Academy of Sciences in com- 

 memoration of the late W J McGee the Washington Society of the 

 Archaeological Institute of America, as an affiliated society of the 

 Academy, desires to express its deep sense of indebtedness to Doctor 

 McGee as one of its charter members and officers. 



Professor McGee was one of the twenty gentlemen who signed the 

 call for the meeting at which our Society was organized, Monday, 

 May 7, 1902. 



He was elected a member of the original Executive Committee 

 and continued to serve until he left Washington for St. Louis in 

 1903. He also represented the Washington Society in the Council 

 of the Archaeological Institute for the years 1903-05, and was during 

 this period a Vice President of the Institute. 



From the Council of Chiefs of the St. Louis Exposition: 



WHEREAS, Our highly esteemed co-laborer and very dear friend, 

 Doctor W J McGee, Chief Department of Anthropology, Universal 

 Exposition, St. Louis, U. S. A., 1904, has been removed from our 

 circle by death, and 



WHEREAS, The eminent services of Doctor McGee in assembling 

 and installing an exhibit of rare excellence and exceptional scientific 

 value at the St. Louis Exposition entitle his memory to due recogni- 

 tion, and 



WHEREAS, His researches and writings in his chosen line of investi- 

 gation before and since the Exposition are deserving of especial com- 

 mendation of scientists, and 



WHEREAS, The members of the Council of Chiefs so long and so 

 closely associated with Doctor McGee during the Exposition are 

 deeply afflicted in his decease; therefore, be it 



Resolved, By the members of the Council of Chiefs of the Universal 

 Exposition held in St. Louis in 1904, that we learn with much sorrow 



