Catalogue of specimens collected by the US Exploring Expedition and received by the Philadelphia Museum, 1838 - 1842
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9. 1 bundle 6 Spears. Footorilla. Corpse. No. 1 No. 1 Bow, 1 Bzze, 4 Small Spears. 3. 1 No. 6 Spears, 3 Clubs. Footorilla No. 1 No. 7 No. 80 No. 1 No. 6 No. 2 Clubs. Jol Manna 2. 1 No. Botanical Department No. 1 No. (Small) Series. Hanna Dovigates 50 Brees, Barrels, Balces of Barrels, & Bundles. Navy Agent Office Boston, 10th June 1840 (Signed) J. Davis "Rec'd June 18th. 1840 of the Navy Department, Two Boxes of Lead from the Exploring Expedition, Marked No. 2. (Signed) John M. Rann I acknowledge to have received this, the 10th day of June 1840, Eighty Baces, Barrels, Half Bundles, and Bundles, agreeable to the foregoing list, being articles sent to this Country by the Exploring Expedition, under the command of Lieut. Wilkes, all of which (with the exception of 2 boxes of lead, delivered to John Mc D. Rann) are held subject to the order of the Secretary of the Navy of the U.S. States, at the risk of the Govern- ment. (Signed) Franklin Peale