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Smithsonian Institution 
All Correspondence 
s S hould be Adore ssed 
TO THE SEORETARY, 
S . P. LANGLEY, 
WASHINGTON, D. C., JUHG / 1897. 
Dear Sir : 
Your name has been certified to me from the 
Civil Service Commission as eligible to appointment 
to the office of Head Curator of the Division of 
Anthropology in the United States National Museum, and 
I have great pleasure in informing you of your appoint- 
ment to the position. I will ask that you enter upon 
your duties as soon as practicable in the coming 
fiscal year. 
Your compensation has been fixed at the rate of 
$3500 • 00 per annum, to commence as soon as you shall 
as sume the ob 1 i ga t ion of office. 
You will please report to Professor Charles D. 
