Charles Bessey, Letters, 1881

Hochgeehrter Herr Professor,

[Boston?] [?] für [?] [?] [?], [?] [?]. [?] [?], der [?] [?] [?] [?] [?] von mir sein [??], little ick, [?] er [?] [?] [?], [?] zu lesson: S. 558 5te Zeile von [?]: [?] "less watery" put "more w."

[???] W. Schimper

Annisquam Mass. 9 • VII • 1881.

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Dear Sir

The Monograph of the Pinnipeds is not a Smithsonian publication but one issued by the Interior Department, to which establishment all applications for copies should be made.

Very truly yours, Spencer F. Baird Secretary.

C. E. Bessey Iowa Agricultural College, Ames, Iowa.

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Dear Sir

The Monograph of the Pinnipeds is not a Smithsonian publication but one issued by the Interior Department, to which establishment all applications for copies should be made.

Very truly yours, Spencer F Baird (signed) Secretary

C.E. Bessey Iowa Agricultural College, Ames, Iowa.

US Postal Card. Write the address on this side–the message on the other

South Fram[ngham] Feb 8 Mass.

U. S. Postage One Cent

Prof. C. E. Bessey Ames Ia.

So. Framingham Mass. Feb. 8. 1881.

Dear Sir:

Thanks for your offer. I want the dates for each specimen. I do not care how many duplicate [?]. Have had some very suggestive replies to my circular, and I can see that I am pointing straight at some game, but I dont know yet what one [?] [least?] I am pointing.

Kindly Yours E. L. Sturtevant E. L. Sturtevant