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San Francisco Sept 17 1880

Prof. C. E. Bessey
Ames, Iowa

Dear Sir

Your Postal
of the 8th [inst.?] addressed to
Dr. [H. H. Harkness?] has just
been put in my hands.
Dr. H. is somewhere in
the East and as I am
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 Cala
Academy of Sciences of