﻿MEMOllANDUM 
  OF 
  DRAWERS 
  AND 
  BOXES 
  OF 
  FOSSILS, 
  

  

  Principally 
  of 
  duplicate 
  specimens 
  from 
  various 
  rocks 
  and 
  groups, 
  in 
  the 
  

   basement 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  shed 
  of 
  the 
  old 
  State 
  Hall. 
  

  

  To 
  THE 
  Regents 
  of 
  the 
  University 
  

  

  Of 
  the 
  State 
  of 
  New- 
  York 
  : 
  

  

  Gentlemen, 
  — 
  In 
  answer 
  tQ 
  the 
  requirement 
  to 
  prepare 
  a 
  cata- 
  

   logue 
  of 
  the 
  duplicate 
  specimens 
  whicli 
  have 
  been 
  collected 
  in 
  

   the 
  department 
  of 
  Palaeontology. 
  I 
  must 
  beg 
  leave 
  to 
  state 
  that 
  

   when 
  I 
  began 
  tlie 
  Palaeontology 
  in 
  1843, 
  it 
  was 
  my 
  wash 
  to 
  col- 
  

   lect 
  as 
  far 
  as 
  possible 
  suites 
  of 
  fossils 
  for 
  the 
  State 
  collection 
  and 
  

   for 
  the 
  Colleges, 
  as 
  had 
  been 
  done 
  of 
  the 
  rocks 
  and 
  minerals 
  du- 
  

   ring 
  the 
  Geological 
  survey 
  ; 
  convinced 
  of 
  the 
  great 
  importance 
  

   of 
  having 
  these 
  collections, 
  and 
  that 
  no 
  time 
  could 
  ever 
  be 
  so 
  fa- 
  

   vorable 
  for 
  the 
  object 
  as 
  during 
  the 
  progress 
  of 
  the 
  necessary 
  col- 
  

   lections 
  for 
  the 
  Palaeontology. 
  Having, 
  however, 
  no 
  appropri- 
  

   ation 
  for 
  the 
  employment 
  of 
  an 
  assistant, 
  I 
  hired 
  persons 
  at 
  my 
  

   own 
  expense 
  for 
  two 
  or 
  three 
  years 
  ; 
  and 
  a 
  large 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  col- 
  

   lection 
  of 
  duplicates 
  enumerated 
  in 
  the 
  subjoined 
  list, 
  was 
  thus 
  

   made. 
  

  

  Finding 
  it 
  impossible 
  to 
  make 
  the 
  collections 
  with 
  my 
  own 
  

   means, 
  I 
  abandoned 
  the 
  intention 
  of 
  making 
  collections 
  for 
  the 
  

   colleges; 
  and 
  for 
  the 
  purposes 
  of 
  obtaining 
  specimens 
  for 
  descrip- 
  

   tion, 
  found 
  it 
  best 
  to 
  purchase 
  them, 
  or 
  to 
  employ 
  collectors 
  

   occasionally 
  in 
  a 
  few 
  localities. 
  

  

  A 
  complete 
  catalogue 
  of 
  individual 
  specimens 
  in 
  the 
  dupli- 
  

   cate 
  collections 
  becomes, 
  equally, 
  as 
  with 
  the 
  arranged 
  collection, 
  

   impossible 
  at 
  the 
  present 
  time, 
  for 
  the 
  reason 
  that 
  many 
  could 
  

   not 
  now 
  be 
  characterized 
  by 
  names. 
  Neither 
  would 
  such 
  a 
  •ata- 
  

  

  