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all familiar symbols of the surveying trip of the two English
astronomers.

Of the two hundred copies printed for tlie Boundary Com¬
missioners, several were cut round and mounted on linen for offi¬
cial use. Until very recently the Chew family papers contained
twenty-two copies of the map in its original published form of
two separate unmounted sheets. The family, in a generous and
thoughtful gesture, has chosen the University as the recipient of
a gift of one of the maps from their collection. It now joins the
Libraries' other important holdings in American history, among
them John Jay's draft of an essay published in The Federalist and
two diaries kept by George Washington, which shall inspire con¬
tinuing interest among our students in the significant documents
in the country's history and the enlightened and dedicated indi¬
viduals who formed that history.