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The American Education Series of School and College Text Books Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor, & Co, Publishers. New York and Chicago.
John C. Ellis Manager at Chicago.
149 Wabash Avenue Chicago Feby 4, 1886.
Prof. Charles E. Bessey, Univ. of Neb. Lincoln Neb Dear Sir:
In reply to your favor 1st. Wholesale and introductory list price of Coulters Manual of Rocky Mountain Botany is $1.62 from which we can allow a discount of 10 per cent. We paying express on introductory supplies.
If desired, we can furnish it bound in one vol with Grays Lessons in Botany – under the title of Gray and Coulter's Lessons and Manual. [?] list prices of the combined book is $2.16.
We would be much pleased to have your orders and give them prompt attention.
Very respy Ivison, Blakeman, Taylo, & Co, P.
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The American Education Series of SChool and College Text Books Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor & Co. Publishers, 753 & 755 Broadway, New York.
[Hindseye?] Blakeman David B Ivison Augustus G Taylor George R [Gothcurt?] L E Blakeman
April 22 1886.
Prof Charles E. Bessey Lincoln Nebraska
Dear Sir At the suggestion of the author we take pleasure in sending [you?] by current mail a copy of Coulter's Manual of Rocky Mt. Botany [Torrist?] Edition which, please accept with our compliments.
Very respectfully Ivison, Blakeman, Taylor & Co. P.
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Robinson Female Seminary, Exeter, N. H. July 7 1886
Mr. Bessey Dear Sir
My name may recall to you a MS. of a primer of Botany which you so kindly and thoroughly examined almost a year ago, [sic.] which work I have failed to acknowledge properly. A long illness caused by over-work has prevented my taking up anything connected with my line of studies thus far, and therefore your long and well appreciated letter has lain unanswered; I trust this too late apology will excuse my great apparent rudeness about it.
I thank you many times for your criticisms, and in revising the MS as I intend to do at once, I shall avail myself of the changes you made and suggested — that is, with your permission to do so; and I trust you will allow me in a little preface to express my appreciation of the fact that my MS. enjoyed the advantages of your personal supervision. Ginn & Co. of Boston, who will bring it out, will be making a real venture with it; as it will be the first botany primer they have taken up.
Will you be so good as to write me a line telling me frankly if you will allow me to mention my obligations to you in my preface. If you think the MS. hardly warrants so much notice, I shall not feel hurt if you say so. I am most grateful for your past goodness about it.
Yours truly Adaline R. Knight. Exeter N. H.
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House of Representatives U. S., Washington, D. C., July 10, 1886.
Prof Chas. E Bessey. Lincoln, Nebr.
Dear Sir:
I have your, enclosing [?]tion of the State Horticultural Society. I shall be pleased to aid in securing an appropriation for the purpose desired. If you would communicate with the Comm'r of Agriculture and get him to include such an item in his estimate, it would materially help the matter along.
Yours with respect, [J Laird?]