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Nebraska State Board Agriculture. State Fair at Lincoln, September 9 to 15, 1887. Brownville, Neb., 8/27 1887.
Dear Sir:
Referring to yours of 8/26 I meant to say "wood case" – the one I had at New Orleans. Will be in Lincoln Tuesday next, when we can talk the matter.
Yours Truly, Robt. W. Furnas, Secy.
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Officers. S. M. Barker, President. L. A. Kent, Treasurer. R. W. Furnas, Secretary.
Board of Managers. Ed. McIntyre, Ch[?] E. N. Grennell, M. Dunham, H. B. Nicodemus, J. B. Dinsmore.
State Board of Agriculture.
Secretary's Office.
State Fair held at Lincoln, Sept. 9th to 16th, 1887.
Brownville, Neb., 12/2 1887.
Prof Chas. E. Bessey Lincoln Neb
My Dear Sir:
Referring to yours 11/29. Yes. Go in and have the map mad as you indicate. When you wish the funds advise me, and I will issue a warrant.
The jar was rec'd. Thanks. I was in Lincoln all day Tuesday last, and called at [your room?], but failed to find any one. All doors were "barred." Presume you were all engaged. Called to pay expenses in jar.
I am meeting "3d Tuesday," this year 17th.
Truly Robt. W. Furnas
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Gabrieson, C. L.
New Hampton Nov 16 – 87
Prof. C. E. Bessey
My Dear Sir — Your letter of Nov 4th came to hand in due season. If I understand your letter then you have found no evidence to warrant you in saying that the stone is fossil wood. You will remember that you gave me the address of Prof McGhee so that I could write to him about it. Now shall I let the matter drop or go farther in the matter? If it is a fossil! it is a valuable one and I want to plan it whre it will serve a better purpose than lying in my [dooryard?]. I shall consider it a proud favor if you will advise me.
In regard to your thanking me for giving you a bit of credit in the public prints, why that is the simplest justice which we are in duty bound to acknowledge, and if my humble tribute was pleasantly received I am gratified to know it.
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Since I saw you I have had several visits with Mr Chamberlain and find him practiced and pleasant gentleman.
I have been engaged to work in the Minn. [?] institutes this winter. I was also invited to a place in the Wis institute force. To me this is a recognition that is gratifying and gives me an opportunity to do a class of work which pleases me and in which I am deeply interested. You know a little start has been made in this direction in our state, and I hope to see work successfully [?] [out?] in another year.
Will you please remember me kindly to Prof & Mrs Wing and allow me to extend kind wishes to you and yours, and believe me.
Yours Truly C. L Gabrieson
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Berkeley, California Sept. 3. 1887.
My Dear Prof. Bessey.–
Your letter, and remittance, are received: many thanks.
It can hardly be that I offered you "Proceedings" of Calif. Acad. The Academy itself has but one single set of the early volumes of its Proceedings, and I have no copy of them for my own library.
I did mean that the earlier subscribers to Pittonia should have each a set of my "Studies" extracted from the Bulletin (not Proceedings) of the Cal. Acad. But now it is to late, for me to supply you with even those. I had forgotten that I mentioned the