Palestine (to be followed, for purposes
of internal consolidation, by a similar incorporation of the branches of
other National Spiritual Assemblies throughout the Baha'i world); and the
transfer to the Branch of the American National Spiritual Assembly,
through a series of no less than thirty transactions, of properties
dedicated to the Tomb of the Bab, and approximating in their aggregate
fifty thousand square meters, the majority of the title-deeds of which
bear the signature of the son of the Arch-breaker of Baha'u'llah's
Covenant in his capacity as Registrar of lands in Haifa.

Equally significant has been the founding on Mt. Carmel of two
international Archives, the one adjoining the shrine of the Bab, the other
in the immediate vicinity of the resting-place of the Greatest Holy Leaf,
where, for the first time in Baha'i history, priceless treasures, hitherto
scattered and often hidden for safekeeping, have been collected and are
now displayed to visiting pilgrims. These treasures include portraits of
both the Bab and Baha'u'llah; personal relics such as the hair, the dust
and garments of the Bab; the locks and blood of Baha'u'llah and such
articles as His pen-case, His garments, His brocaded tajes (head dresses),
the ka_sh_kul of His Sulaymaniyyih days, His watch and His Qur'an;
manuscripts and Tablets of inestimable value, some of them illuminated,
such as part of the Hidden Words written in Baha'u'llah's own hand, the
Persian Bayan, in the handwriting of Siyyid Husayn, the Bab's amanuensis,
the original Tablets to the Letters of the Living penned by the Bab, and
the manuscript of "Some Answered Questions." This precious collection,
moreover, includes objects and effects associated with 'Abdu'l-Baha; the
blood-stained garment of the Purest Branch, the ring of Quddus, the sword
of Mulla Husayn, the seals of the Vazir, the father of Baha'u'llah, the
brooch presented by the Queen of Rumania to Martha Root, the originals of
the Queen's letters to her and to others, and of her tributes to the
Faith, as well as no less than twenty volumes of prayers and Tablets
revealed by the Founders of the Faith, authenticated and transcribed by
Baha'i Assemblies throughout the Orient, and supplementing the vast
collection of their published writings.

Moreover, as a further testimony to the majestic unfoldment and
progressive consolidation of the stupendous undertaking launched by
Baha'u'llah on that holy mountain, may be mentioned