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Gallagher's report and telegrams on the Gardner Island finds, 1940

DocumentPublic domainOctober–December 1940
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The settlement officer's account of the skull and partial skeleton, the sextant box, shoe parts and a bottle; the earliest record of the bones and of where they lay.

TIGHAR (Research Document 13), 1940. Public domain

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TranscriptionTIGHAR (Research Document 13) · tighar.org · public-domain (a colonial officer's official report; the transcription is TIGHAR's)Primary source: Gallagher's Ninth Progress Report, October–December 1940 (Phoenix Islands Settlement Scheme)2 steps from the original

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Mysteries Department. (2026). Gallagher's report and telegrams on the Gardner Island finds, 1940 [Artifact ART0CYPN4ZE68XC]. https://mysteriesdept.com/r/ART0CYPN4ZE68XC
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