Charles Bessey, Letters, 1891

JOHN A. DEMPSTER, President. J. R. SCHOFIELD, Secretary. A. O. TAYLOR, Treasurer. GENEVA IRON & WINDMILL CO. MANUFACTURERS OF WINDMILLS, PUMPS AND TANKS. _____________ All Kinds of Foundry Work Iron Fronts a Specialty

Geneva, Neb.,________________1891. remainder of the summer at the University preparing for the work. Any suggestions you may have to make will be thankfully received. Thanking you a gain I am Very Truly Yours JR Schofield. Geneva. Nebr.

OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY.

OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT.

COLUMBUS, O., 27 June 1891

Prof. Charles E. Bessey, Lincoln, Neb.,

Dear sir,

It was not a professor of Zoology but a professor of physiology that we wanted. Dr. A. U. Bleile, professor of physiology in the Starling Medical College, has been elected to the position. We have decided to divide the chair of botany horticulture, but we have not exactly determined the line of separation. Are you available for the chair of botany? The salary is $2250. We believe that the University has a great future & that the

faculty will have a very desirable field for work. If you are not disposed to entertain the idea of coming, can you name a man of the first work who may come? I congratulate you on your release from the cares of the chancellorship - the greater freedom you will enjoy in your chosen work. Very truly yrs

signature W. H. SCOTT

OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY. OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT.

COLUMBUS, O., 22 July 1891.

Prof. Chas. E. Bessey, My dear sir, Your recent letter reached me at Toronto, Canada, at so late a date that it was impossible to communicate with you again before the meeting of our Board of Trustees. Meantime Professor Kellerman of Kansas Agricultural College had become a candidate for the place. At the meeting, held yesterday, there was a strong disposition to elect you notwithstanding the uncertainty about your acceptance; but having another so good a man at hand about whose acceptance there was no doubt, the Board decided on him. I should have been much pleased to add your name & strength to our Faculty; but I am assured from your letter that you will feel no disappointment in being left in your present position. Very truly yours, W.H.Scott

The Agricultural Experiment Station of the University of Tennessee. Knoxville. OFFICE OF The Director. July 6, 1891.

My dear Dr. Bessey I am delighted to get your photograph--and such an excellent one, and it will give me pleasure to comply with your request. I think you ought to prosecute the American Agricultuist for the caricature published in their last issue! Hope to see you in Washington in August. Yours sincerely F. Lamson Scribner