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State University of Iowa
Biological Laboratory
Iowa City, Nov. 22nd 1880,

Dear Bessey,
I feel obliged to dispose of my fine collection of fossils, I believe it to be the best collection west of Ann Arbor, and the college that gets it will have to best facilities for teaching Paleontology to be found in the west. I offer it for $3000 and believe it to be very cheap at that price. I will attend to its re