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                            Smithsonian Institution,
                        Washington, Nov. 18, 1861.

Dear Sir:

            I have, at last, the pleasure of ac-

-knowledging the arrival, a few days ago, of Box K. of the number sent by you to this Institution, for transmission to Europe. Its contents will be forwarded with the first packages we have occasion to make up for foreign countries.

                        I am,
                            Very [Respy.?]
                                  Your [obed. servt.?]
                                       Joseph Henry
                                       Secretary S. I.

Col. J. D. Graham, Chicago, Ill.