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i: is to finance this institution, provide generously, there is no reason 

 why we cannot have a museum commensurate with the needs, wealth 

 and importance of the State. And we earnestly petition that the cause 

 may receive such financial support that by diligent and careful work 

 and judicious expenditure of generous funds we may be able to build 

 up one of the most useful museums in the United States. 



A. R. Crook. 

 January, 1907. 



