Charles Bessey, Letters, 1880

within the scope of a large number of the [?] who were eager to [?] the pages of your beautiful [?] volume for the guidance that before was nearly or quite impossible to get because of the inaccessibility of much of the literature of botanical [?]. I am very glad you have brought into so close a [companion?] the forms of a school manual, the details of this [enchanting?] science.

Very truly yours, N. [?]

Biological Department. Professors: C. E. Bessey, M. Sc., Ph. D. Botany. F. E. L. Beal, B. Sc., Zoology. M. Stalker, B. Sc., V. S., Anatomy. D. S. Fairchild, M. D. Pathology. Assistant: H. Osborn, B. Sc., Entomology

Iowa Agricultural College. Ames, May 20th 1880

My Dear Sir,

It is probable that your institution may be able to secure Professor [Wymer?] for the chair of Mental and Moral Philosophy and History, if you write to him soon. He is still with us, and has no intention to [score?] his [connection?] with our College, but I know that he feels a little [?], and would prefer to be connected with an institution in which the curriculum did not cross his work so nearly at right angles as it appears to him to do here.

He is my most intimate friend

in the Faculty, and it would grieve me much to have him go away from Ames, but in a matter like this.

State Agricultural College,

Lansing, Mich., Aug. 9, 1880

My dear professor

The article you ask for was written in 1879, while the departure was in Lesson A Mr. S. Lanchfield (??) was a member and a bitter opponent of the College. He has been a member of your Board and always [?] [?] [?] of Michigan as compared to the Iowa Agricultural College. As the Lansing Republic can goes to every member of the [Board?] I took occasion to send an account of your college where they would be likely to see it. I wrote wholly as a friend.

I [sic.]regret that I cannot send you a copy. I sent the list I had and the list

knew where to get to President Welch. Possibly he may have preferred the paper, although there was nothing in it to merit such attention.

[I?] hear of you from time to time, and you may be [?] with great pleasure, rejoicing in your successes. I suppose you have our graduate Georgeson with you. He came to us when but a year from [?].

We enjoyed having professors Knapp and Pudd with us very much.

I remain Truly Yours J. C. Abbot

D. C. E. Bessey Iowa Agl. College