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The University of Nebraska,
Lincoln.

Department of Botany,
February 16 1885.

To the Faculty and Rustees of De P[?] University
Green Castle Indiana.

Dear Sir

I learn that the
friends of Professor J. C. G[?], Principal of
the State Normal School of Iowa, propose to solicit
you to confer upon him the honorary degree
of doctor of Philosophy, and take the present
opportunity of saying that I deem the
Professor to be entirely worthy of such an
honor. I have known him for many
years and have learned to esteem him very