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lections, having lately been placed in another apartment, are in process of 
rearrangement, which is taking place under the care of Mr. Ht. T. Cres- 
gon, a well-known and careful student of American archeology. 
The collections are as follows : 
1. The Poinsett collection of Mexican antiquities, the property of the 
American Philosophical Society, and deposited by it in the custody of the 
Academy. It numbers about 2800 specimens, consisting of terra-cottas, 
objects of obsidian, gold and silver, beads, sculptures, manuscripts, &e., 
&c. This very fine collection is unique in the United States. 
9, The Haldeman collection (about 10,000 specimens), presented by 
Prof. 8. S. Haldeman and wife, in 1879. 
3. The Ruschenberger collection of ancient Peruvian pottery (about 200 
specimens), presented by Dr. W. W. Ruschenberger, formerly Presi- 
dent of the Academy. 
4, The Peale collection (about 1800 specimens), formed by Franklin 
Peale, Esq., and presented to the Academy by his widow. 
5. The Vaux collection (about 900 specimens), bequeathed by Wm. 8. 
Vaux, Esq., in 1882. 
The especial features are the pottery in the Ruschenberger, Poinsett 
and Haldeman collections ; the valuable and important Poinsett collection 
as a whole; and a large collection of axes (stone), arrow-points, &c., em- 
bracing many rare forms, from all parts of the United States. 
AmmricaAN Purmosopurcan Socrmry, Philadelphia. 
The valuable collections of this Society are deposited with the Acad- 
emy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia, and displayed with its cabinets. 
Arcumonoeican Instrrutr or Ammrica, Boston, Mass. 
This institution ‘deposits its collections in existing institutions.” 
AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN Socrmty, Worcester, Mass. 
This cabinet was founded in 1812. Its collections, which although not 
numerous are valuable, consist of stone implements and mound relics, 
whose number has not been furnished. It is only partially arranged, 
catalogued and labeled, and the localities where the specimens were found 
are not always given. 
Amurrst Coutnan, Amherst, Mass. 
This collection is about forty years old, and is mainly comprised of 
specimens found in the valley of the Connecticut river, within fifty miles 
of the town. The best specimens, some twenty-five hundred, are entered 
in the catalogue, an outline of each one being drawn, They are properly 
Jabeled, and the locality given where each was found. The especial fea- 
tures of the collection are samples of all the pottery supposed to be of New 
England aboriginal manufacture. It is also rich in Indian pipes. 
