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J. L. Richard, LL. D.,
President.
S. Calvin, A. M.,
Professor of Natural Science.
C. H. McBride, A. M.,
Asst. Prof. Natural Science,
in charge of Botany.

State University of Iowa.
Biological Laboratory.
Iowa City, Dec 17th 1880.

Dear Bessey;

Yours of the 13th, inst,
at hand. I am sorry to have felt it necessary
to trouble you with my cabinet matter.
The collection has cost me immensely in
money and time and I am so sintuated
that I cannot well keep it longer.
I have a real affection for many of my
specimens. A large number can not be
duplicated. It is an opportunity for some
college that will not occur again in
a great many years.

I received a copy of your Botany
during vacation and was under the
impression that I acknowledged its
receipt at the time. I did not stay
very long in one place, and no doubt
omitted what I certainly intended to do.
We had left our orders for Fall Term
text books with the book sellers, before it