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[?] on Your [Dr?] Johnson [?] [August?] 10, 80

Prof C E Bessey

John,

Your letter asking [me?] to examine and give my opinion of your work on Botany has reached me after considerable delay. It will give [?] Johnson to examine your work especially as the [?] of it indicates an effort – to correct many of the deficiencies of the textbooks now in use. We begin this full [?] the [??] A & M College of [Ky?] and I shall feel free to accept such works in [that?] [?] – [as?] [some?] best adapted to our wants. I have already accepted [?] Zoology of the [?] published by [?] [?] [?].

[?] delay. I expect to close my [?] [work?] on the [Ky?] Geol Survey this month

Yours
D. R. [Grandall?]
A & M College of [Ky?]