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[Jill Jraucise] Sept 17 1880

Prof C. E. Bessey
Ames Iowa.
[Diary]
Your postal
of the 8th [mist] addressed to
[Dr H.W. Harkness] has just
been put in my hands.
[Dr] H is somewhere in
the East and as [Jai?]
one of the authors of the
[Catalogue] I hasten to
reply that you may
be enabled to get the
information you desire [.]
Our Catalogue was
published under the
auspices of the [Cal]
Academy of Sciences of