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Directions for Sending Insects [?]
Department of Agriculture, Division of Entomology. Washington, D. C., Feb. 3rd, 1879
My dear Prof. Bessey
The half price of engraving (which is the rate at which I sell electrotypes) of the cuts you want would come to just $85.00. I will be as liberal with you as I can, and will sell you the cuts for the seven more important species for the $40.00 you speak of. This will include three cuts of Pieris rapae, one of Tortrix cinderana, three of Orgyia leucostigma, one of Carpocapsa pomonella, one of Hyphantria textor, two of Anisopteryx [oernata?], and one of Clisiocampa americana, I will send them by express just as soon as I get the electrotypes made, and I enclose bills therefore made out according to your request
Sincerely Yours C. V. Riley
Prof. C. E. Bessey, Agricultural College, Ames Iowa
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Directions for Sending Insects [?]
Department of Agriculture, Division of Entomology. Washington, D. C., Feb. 20th, 1879
Dear Prof. Bessey
The omission of the cut of Clisiocampa was entirely an oversight. The one I agreed to send was fig. 29 of Report 5. I will send it just as soon as I can get an electrotype made. Meanwhile I mail you an additional electrotype of the moth. The little Tortrix was described as cinderella, but the Tortricia termination of ana should be adopted. It is for this reason that I wrote subsequently cinderana.
I hope you will have this bill paid without delay.
Yours Truly C. V. Riley
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Original in Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation Carnegie-Mellon Uni., Pitts., PA; No. 48, Twentieth Cent. Botanists
A. S. Welch, President
C. E. Bessey, Professor of [???]
Iowa Agricultural College,
Ames, Dec 27th 1879
Hon. Buel Sherman Fredericksburg, Iowa
My dear sir,
The President has suggested to me that I might have the house formerly occupied by him.
I have told him that in view of the fact that on account of my reduction of salary I am obliged to give up my house in town - not able to pay for it - I should be glad to have the house. I wanted to say to each member of the Board, however that I make no request for it; if you have the house repaired and
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want a professor for a tenant. I am more than willing to occupy it.
Of course the house would have to be considerably repaired before being occupied by any one.
Very truly Yours
C. E. Bessey
[reverse of 1]
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Tabor, Iowa May, 27th, 1879.
Professor C. E. Bessey,
My Dear Sir -
Yours of the 26th [?] was received this morning. I regret very much that it seems unpracticable for me to come to Ames as you suggest. The [?] would suit me very well but two engagements hinder me from [?].
Well, I am engaged for a Summer School at Idaho Springs, Col. in August next, and it is useless for me to try to get excused from my duties here next fall (our term begins early in September) unless I sever [?] here wholly which I should be unwilling to do as an uncer