Phillips.] 116 [May 4, 
from shell-heaps, a half bushel; bone implements, 50; grave con- 
tents, 25 skulls, and long bones and numerous implements, shell beads, 
&c.; copper implements, 2; soapstone pots, 3; broken pottery (soap- 
stone), 50; clay pots, 5; broken clay pottery, 500; core stones and 
rude implements, 500; chips, a bushel; mortars and mills, 6; cere- 
monical objects, 50; shoes, &c., (salt cave, Kentucky,) 20; imple- 
ments showing contact with European civilization, 50; bone spoons 
from graves, 4; knives, of various shapes; piercing tools, 10. The 
bulk of the collection is from the Eastern portion of the United 
States, very few being from south of Pennsylvania or west of New 
York State. They are arranged by types according to the order of 
Abbott’s primitive industry, and the special features of the collection are 
the specimens figured in that work. All are labeled. The ‘‘archeology 
of Essex County, Mass.,’’ is arranged separately, and made an especial 
feature of the Museum. It is in a case seven feet high and forty feet 
long. Independent of the usual assortment of axes, celts, gouges, &c. ; 
it contains one very fine skeleton intact from a reburial at Marblehead, 
Mass., and a number of grave contents, such as beads, wampum and 
bones, &c.: also articles from shell-heaps, and the entire valuable con- 
tents of one shell-heap opened in 1882. The general appearance of these 
implements is rude as compared with those from the Western States, and 
the finds are but scanty in comparison. 
Especial attention is called to the manner in which the specimens are 
fastened, so that placed in upright cases, every kind of article may 
be placed. Bent headless pins are used to clamp the objects on black 
tablets which are placed on easels and in the cases, 
“The Museum is one of the first-class,’’ writes Mr. John Robinson, 
Treasurer and temporary Curator, who has kindly furnished the data for 
the foregoing account. 
PHInApELPHIA. Tun NuMISMATIC AND ANTIQUARIAN Socrery oF 
This collection was begun in January, 1858. It is at present undergo- 
ing rearrangement and classification, by Mr, Edwin A, Barber, Ourator of 
Antiquities, so that no exact details can be given, but it is believed that 
by the end of the present year it will be in perfect order; before which 
time also the Society expects to receive some remarkable American an- 
tiquities, almost unique in this country. 
PENNSYLVANIA Musrum Aanp Scroon or INDUSTRIAL Art, Memorial 
Hall, Fairmount Park, Philadelphia. 
This institution possesses a small but valuable collection of Peruvian, 
Pueblo and other American pottery. A large collection of American 
archeology at present on exhibition will probably shortly be removed on 
account of the death of the owner. 
