Transcribe Allen, J. A. Letter to Ward, Henry A. (1876-03-31)

                                              3                 [another hand -  Mar. 31, 1876]
                          Museum of Comparative Zoology
                                                               CAMBRIDGE, MASS.

unless they are securely attached to each other. I said each skeleton & skull was numbered, but there are a few exceptions, & these have labels attached.

  In packing, the parts of the

same skeleton were </u sometimes > placed in different boxes, ^presumably^ for convenience in packing, but in a few instances by accident. & has one of the toes of one of the moose skeletons you will find in a </s sepea > different box from the skeleton, wrapped however in paper and marked. In unpacking examine each </s of > wisp of "excelsior" carefully, because in some of the boxes small skulls or small bones are wrapped within these wisps.

  You will find ^that^ several of the