REPORT OF NEW JERSEY STATE MUSEUM. 
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tion, as at Charleston, St. Louis and Jamestown, that the establish¬ 
ment of the State Museum was a wise plan. When the request was 
made by the Director-General and Exposition Commission that the 
exhibits in the Educational, Geological and Agricultural Departments 
he sent to the exposition, it would have been almost impossible to 
comply with it if the State Museum had not preserved nearly all of the 
exhibits, cases, cabinets, glass jars, &c., from the Chicago and former 
expositions. Nearly all of the material from the several New Jersey 
State exhibits at the World’s Fair at Chicago, in 1893, including the 
Educational, Geological, Agricultural and large photographs of places 
in New Jersey, had been placed in the Museum, and for this reason 
it was easy to make the exhibit at Buffalo. The success of these ex¬ 
hibits was a great credit to the State, the Museum and the depart¬ 
ments that took part in them. The awards received at Buffalo show 
what credit New Jersey received for her exhibit. The Educational 
Exhibit received the only Gold Medal given to an Educational 
Exhibit. 
The following medals were received: 
Gold Medals. —Educational Exhibit, Geological Exhibit, Agricultural Ex¬ 
hibit, Forestry Exhibit, State Museum Exhibit. 
Silver Medals. —State Museum Exhibit (Collection of Woods), State Museum 
Exhibit (Collective Exhibit), General Exhibit. 
Bronze Medal. —State Museum Exhibit (Insect Exhibit). 
A special request was received from the Director-General of the 
Charleston Exposition for the Museum Exhibits, including the Educa¬ 
tional and Forestry Exhibits, at the Pan-American Exposition. All 
costs to be paid by the Directors of the Charleston Exposition, ex¬ 
cept return freight. These were among the very few of the Pan- 
American Exhibits that were thus asked to be taken to Charleston. 
Mr. Peabody, in his letter, gives the reasons for this request. The con¬ 
sent of the Governor and others is also given below. 
Pan-American, Buffalo, N. Y. 
OFFICE OF 
Liberal Arts Department. 
October 22d, 1901. 
'New Jersey Exhibit of Public Schools, S. R. Morse, Manager, Trenton, N. J.: 
Dear Sir —The extent, excellence and success of the Educational Exhibit at 
Buffalo leads the managers of the Charleston Exposition to seek to give it 
place in their display. The undersigned has acceded to their request to take 
charge of the removal of these exhibits, and the installation of an educational 
exhibit in the new field. It is understood that these exhibits may not be thus 
transferred without special authority obtained in each case from the owners 
of the exhibits. You are, therefore, hereby invited to consent to such removal 
of your exhibit. 
The Director-General of the Charleston Exposition authorizes me to say 
that in case you accede to this request, your exhibit will be packed, freighted 
to Charleston, installed, cases and fittings being furnished, cared for during the 
