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Original in the Nebraska State Historical Society, Robert Furnas Collection
THE UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA, LINCOLN.
THE INDUSTRIAL COLLEGE. Office of Dean, 1885.
in regard to this matter. We shall want to come before the Board and get it & give it careful consideration.
Shall we – ought we – to establish such a school in the interest the stock growers of the state – is the serious question with us, and we would like to have the help of the Board in coming to a decision.
I will say right here that we are all quite of the opinion that this is the general direction along which we must move in our effort to provide an acceptable – a demanded – education for the young Nebraskans who will make a living on farms. They seem all to turn to stock growers.
But I must stop.
Truly Charles E. Bessey
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Garfield
EXECUTIVE MANSION WASHINGTON
March 26, 1885.
Dear Sir:
The President directs me to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 20th instant, and to say that when the appointment of Commissioner of Agriculture is under consideration, your suggestions in the matter will have due attention.
Very respectfully yours, Daniel S. Lamont Private Secretary.
Chas E. Bessey Esq. Lincoln Neb.
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STATE OF NEBRASKA.
OFFICE OF STATE VETERINARIAN AND LIVE STOCK SANITARY COMMISSION.
STATE VETERINARIAN J. GERTH, JR., D. V. S.
COMMISSIONERS G. W. BARNHART, J. C. BIRNEY, D. D. JOHNSON.
Lincoln, Dec. 1st 1885
Prof. Bessey. Dear Sir:
Inclosed please find dates and names of material examined by you. Thanking you for your kindness I remain
Yours most Truly J. Gerth, Jr.
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Gray
CAMBRIDGE, MASS., October 12, 1885.
DEAR SIR:
The coming 18th day of November marks Dr. Asa Gray's seventy-fifth birthday. It seems a fitting time for the botanists of North America to join in some token of their esteem and good wishes for one who has done so much towards the study and classification of the flowering plants and the general advancement of the botany of this country. Many memorials have been presented to Dr. Gray but most of them have come from near and personal friends. The idea of this one originates with those further away.
It is not decided what form this memorial will take, and we should be glad to receive any suggestions. The intrinsic value of it will, of course, be of least account in the eyes of the recipient; its value will depend chiefly upon the number who unite in the offering.
Will you join with other botanists in sending such a token to Dr. Gray? If so, send at once whatever you wish to contribute — 25c., 50c., $1, $5, any sum you please — to Charles R. Barnes, 14 Buckingham St., Cambridge, Mass., who will return receipt if desired. Please also enclose your card with some sentiment suitable to the day inscribed thereon. This will accompany the gift.
In order that this matter may not reach the public prints be kind enough to say nothing about it.
The time is very short; will you give this your immediate attention and make a reply of some kind?
Sincerely yours,
J. C. ARTHUR, C. R. BARNES, J. M. COULTER.