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Manuscripts

Items in the Manuscripts Collection

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The Birds of the National Arboretum

This handwritten manuscript by John Wesley Taylor describes and depicts the birds found at the National Arboretum in Washington, D.C.

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Collection Hierarchy

Manuscripts