[Form 2iJ 
EXHIBIT OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES 
AT THE 
LOUISIANA PURCHASE EXPOSITION 
(ST. LOUIS, 1904) 
Under Direction of U. S. Government Board 
ithsonian Institution 
and National Museum, 
F. W. True, Representative. 
Washington City, 0ct _ ;51 _ ljrf , 
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Mr. W, H, Holmes , 
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Head Curator, Department of Anthropology, 
IT. S . national Museum. 
Dear Sir: 
Tie time having now arrived when it is neoessarv to decide 
upon the general plans for the exhibit of the ITational Museum at 
the St. Louis Exposition, I shall he glad to receive from you a 
scheme for the exhibit of the Department of Anthropology, with an 
estimate of the probable expense for each principal item, incluriin 
the number and probable compensation of pre pa rat or s and other -as- 
sistants to be employed and the kind and amount of space needed. 
I shoe Id be pleased if you would send me also a memorandum of the 
numb e i , size and character of cases which would probably be requlr 
ed. In this connection I would say for your information, that the 
entire space allotted to the Smithsonian Institution and national 
Museum is 16,500 square feet, of which about 4,000 square feet can 
probably be assigned to the Department of Anthropology, The loca- 
