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OBERLIN COLLEGE. GEOLOGY AND NATURAL HISTORY. ALBERT A. WRIGHT.
Oberlin. O. [AW]?. 12. 1870
Professor C. E. Bessey
My Dear Sir,
[?] of the 10th in just at [?]. For your information I would say that no candidate has yet been addressed by [?] upon the subject. and we are under no obligation to any one of the number concerning whom we have made inquiries. While I cannot [hold]? hope that Nebraska may still be liberal to her university. still I need not [?] the fact that I should be greatly gratified if the [?] should open for you to [?] a place here. The opening of [?] year has caused a [?] i the work of considering candidates. but we shall
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need a man accounting to present [?] next september -- even tho he cleared [?] he [?] her. [?] [?].
Cordically yours
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[stamp] March 4th 1890 Dear Professor Bessey. Many thanks for your kind and sympathetic letter of the (Biological Department) 28th. [ult?] Our losses^ are chiefly in the way of microscopes and specimens which were temporarily in the large building for a conversagine - also of course the whole of library - the Biological part of which had not been moved over to this Building and which must have been worht $10,000 alone - again the Museum lost a great deal in the course of being saved You might be of assistance in getting any publications within your state- I mean survey or learned loc: publications - sent to us- ase such contributions
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will be very welcome as it will be a long time before we are able to get together so good in a collection as we had before. Mrs Wright went to [Livingston] at Christmas and I hope to koin her there in April - In the meantime this Building [] of more use to the University than was contemplated and the Museum addition is in pro gress already - I am afraid my Botanic Garden Scheme however will get a set back. with kindest regards I am Yrs sincerely RRamsay Wright
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[Stamp title] Feb. 16, Dear Sir: In compliance wiht the request of several of our sub scribers who appreciate the excellent work you are doing for scientific agriculture, we shall consider it a favor if you will send us at your early convenience a good photograph of yourself Trusting you will not refuse our reques, we are, Yours very truly, P.M. Hexamer, Editor.