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Washington, D. C.
July 22, 1891
To the Regents of the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Neb.

Sirs:- I have the honor to make an application for the position of Professor of Geology in your University, as I understand the chair is now vacant.
I am at present Assistant Geologist of the U.S. Geological Survey, and have been connected with the organization since the spring of 1889. Previous to that I was professor of Botany and Geology in Miami University, Oxford Ohio, and in the Maryland