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Officers
S. M. Barker, President.
R. W. Furnas, Secretary.
L. A. Kent, Treasurer.

Board of Managers
Ed. McIntire, [?],
E. N. Grennell,
M. Dunham,
H. B. Nicodemus,
J. B. Dinsmore.

State Board of Agriculture
State Fair, held at Lincoln, 1885, 1886, 1887, 1888, 1889.
1886, Sept. 10th to 17th.

Secretary's Office.

Brownville, Nebraska, Feb. 8th. 1886. 1886.

Prof. Chas. E. Bessy,
Lincoln, Neb.

Dear Sir:

I have both, the pleasure and honor, to advise you officially,
that the Nebraska State Board of Agriculture, at its late Annual
Meeting, Lincoln, Jan. 22nd, 1886, appointed you State Botanist,
which I trust you will honor the Board by accepting.

The details of the work etc. will be arranged by conference
between you and myself, as Secretary of the Board.

I am,
Yours Truly,
Robt. W. Furnas
Sec'y Neb. St. Bd. Ag.