696 REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1888. 



James Angus, West Farina, New York City, February 10, 1888. Has some rude and 

 unfinished implements from West Chester County, New York, and some from New 

 Jersey. Gives large outline drawings. 



C. H. Chapman, 304 and 366 Broadway, New York, February 14, 1888. Has none. 

 Mr. J. Harris, Wayuesville, Ohio, has them. 



Arthur Hollick, recording secretary Torrey Botanical Club, Columbia College, New 

 York City, February 15, 1888. Has none. 



Natural Science Association of Staten Island, New Brighton, New York, February 

 16, 1888. No rude implements. Do not know of any having been found in this 

 county ; all thus far discovered belong to the shell-niouuds. 



Dr. C. C. Abbott, Trenton, New Jersey, but written at Cambadge, Massachusetts, 

 February 15, 1888. (Answers for Professor Putnam.) Has thousands of implements 

 of paleolithic character from various localities. Has the Abbott Collection from the 

 Trenton gravels, but can give no approximation as to number. Would t£ike a month 

 to make a list. 



SamuelJackson, Freehold, New Jersey, March 19, 1888.- His collection is in the 

 Peabody Museum at Cambridge. Has three specimens like No. 10086— Utah, several 

 like No. 5931— Maryland ; found under the roots of a tree 18 inches deep in Monmouth 

 County,— possibly a cache. He mentions a find containing a large number of speci- 

 mens standing perpendicular and arranged in circles. One or two of these are in the 

 Lockwood Collection at Cambridge, Massachusetts. 



Frauk D. Andrews, Vinelaud, New Jersey, February 18, 1888. Has found many of 

 hornstone in Schoharie County, New York, but has sold his collection. Will try and 

 collect some this summer. 



Robert H. Engle, Moorestown, New Jersey, February 20, 1888. Has fifty. Material 

 greenstone and quartz. Found on the surface in Watauga County, North Carolina, 

 Burlington County, New Jersey, Summit County, Ohio, and Davidson County, Ten- 

 nessee. Collection packed up; when unpacked will send duplicates. 



Andrew Sherwood, Mansfield, Pennsylvania, March 27, 1888. Can not say how many 

 rude implements he has in his collection. Writes about the " Puzzling Cobbler." 



T. M. Nesbit, Lewisburgh, Pennsylvania, Juue 20, 1888. Has a great many rude 

 stone implements of tiint, found in the drift and bowlder clay. 



A. F. Berlin, Alleutown, Pennsylvania, February 11, 1888. Has twelve, eleven of 

 quartzite, one of yellow jasper ; found on the surface in the city of Reading, Pennsyl- 

 vania, on the banks of the Schuylkill, on islands, and five or sis from Alleutown, 

 Pennsylvania. See article in American Antiquarian, vol. i, No. 1, page 10, and art- 

 icle by Dr. W. J. Hoffman, American Naturalist, Vol. XIII, No. 2, page 108. 



S. S. Rathvon, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, March 22, 1888. Has about three hun- 

 dred and fifty, including all kinds. Material gray quartzite, white quartz, chert, 

 jasper, hornstone, etc. Found along the banks of the Susquehanna and Conestoga 

 Rivers and adjacent creeks an 1 in plowed fields. Also found with fragments and 

 chips, as if there had been places of manufacture. Have been described in the Trans- 

 actions of the American Philosophical Society, 1878, pages 351-368. 



G. W. Brodhead, Water Gap House, Delaware Water Gap, Pennsylvania, Febru- 

 ary 10, 1888. Has a number of hornstone, chert, yellow and brown jasper, silicious 

 slate, and white quartz ; found north and south of the Gap, always in the valley 

 and on the surface. None found in mounds. Hornstone is found 1 and 2 miles north 

 of Water Gap in a bed of Oriskany sandstone, j^ellow and brown jasper, from quarry 

 near Easton, 24 miles south. • Franklin Peale used to gather them twenty years ago. 



H. L. Simon, Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Has a collection, but it is packed up. 

 The material is flint and jasper; found on the surface at Mill Creek andTumbury (?) 

 Hill, on Susquehanna River. 



Charles H. Stubbs, M. D., Wakefield, Pennsylvania. Has twenty-four. Sent many 

 to Lehigh University, Pennsylvania. Peter lliller, Conestoga Center, Lancaster 

 County, has a collection. Material trap rock aud sandstone; found on the surface 

 at Caldwell's Island, Susquehanna River, and near Gap, in Lancaster County. 



