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10. Laws, Journals, copies of Records, Treaties, Documents, and other Papers 
relating to the several States of the Union, and to the Territories. 
11. Proceedings of Political and Ecclesiastical Assemblies. 
Original communications on any of the foregoing subjects, or on other subjects 
coming within the plan of the Department, are solicited. 
Donations of Manuscripts, Books, Pamphlets, Almanacs, Newspapers, Maps, 
Charts, Paintings, Engravings, &c., &c., illustrative of American History and 
Antiquities, will be thankfully received, and deposited, with the name of the donor, 
in the Library of the National Institution. 
