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  • The Trenton Herald, 1881

    date made
    1881
    Associated Date
    1881
  • Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, in answer to a Senate resolution of March 15, 1876 : transmitting the report of a special agent on the Territory of Alaska and the collection of the customs-revenue therein

    Date
    1876
    1876]
    1867-1959
  • Gallery selections / text by Andrea Dale Smith

    Date
    2002
    C2002
    19th century
    20th century
  • Mimosa pellita Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd.

    Collection Date
    7 Feb 1882
  • De telegraaf en luchtballon in den oorlog. Proeve eener handleiding tot de kennis der militaire telegraphie en luchtvaart en hare toepassing, voornamelijk in de oorlogen die sedert 1859 gevoerd zijn geworden. (Met drie uitslaande platen). Door C. P. J. van Vlierden ..

    Date
    1881
  • Japanese Parlor, Northwest Corner

    Date made
    1884
  • Anaxyrus americanus

    Collection Date
    4 Aug 1889
  • Alexander J. Cassatt and his Son, Robert Kelso Cassatt, (painting)

    Date
    1884
  • 1 Rupee

    Date made
    1884
  • Hexactinellida

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    15 Apr 1888

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