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A. S. Welch,
President.

C. E. Bessey,
Professor of Botany.

Iowa Agricultural College.
Ames, Jany 22 1881

Feb 7 1881

My dear Sir,

Find enclosed receipt
for the copy of the most interesting
and valuable Report
of the U. S. Fish Commission
Vol. VI.

I have a copy of
Vol. I. May I not beg