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A catalogue of curious things

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A retained copy from the correspondence file.

You now have the person, the apparatus, and the sponsor. These are enough to open the project index without accepting the public description of the work.

Bring your findings to the case notebook. Record the individual observations first. The index opens once all three trails have been checked.

The covering note makes one distinction emphatically: “Commission to reproduce. Not an account of the original construction.” The missing enclosure appears to explain why somebody thought that distinction mattered.

Notebook question: Who is named as the beneficial owner?
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Retained correspondence · Paperwork trail · Accession copy, not a new event