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Professor C. E. Bessey

Dear Sir:

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retary to occassionally remind members [illegible]
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meeting. I [illegible]
a paper ready at that time for when
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ing a scientific [illegible]. Then is in [illegible]
as the years go by and
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Very Truly Yours
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