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State of New York, 



City and County of New York, 



On this 1 2th day of February, in the year 1878, before me per- 

 sonally came Robert L. Stuart, the President of the American 

 Museum of Natural History, with whom I am personally ac- 

 quainted, who being by me duly sworn, said that he resides in the 

 City and County of New York, that he is the President of the 

 "American Museum of Natural History," and that he knows the 

 corporate seal of said museum, that the seal affixed to the forego- 

 ing agreement is such corporate seal, that it is affixed thereto by 

 order of the " Board of Trustees " of said American Museum of 

 Natural History, and that he signed his name thereto by the like 

 order, as President of said Museum. 



W. C. BESSON, 



[Seal.] (73) Notary Public, N. Y. Co. 



Recorded in the office of the Register of the City and County 

 of New York in Liber. 1426 of Cons., page 402, February 16, A. 

 D. 1878, at 9 o'clock A. M., and examined. 



Witness my hand and official seal, 



FREDERICK W. LOEW, 



[Seal.] Register. 



