Charles Bessey, Letters, 1880

MILLS & CO. PUBLISHERS, MANUFACTURING STATIONERS, LAW BOOK SELLERS AND LITHOGRAPHERS.

Des Moines, Iowa Oct 22 1880.

Prof C. E Bessey Ames

Dear Sir Your [formal?] hand – We [don't?] doubt but Mr Osborn is fully competent to [write?] the book in [?] – We think however that your name would help sell it, and would suggest that you and Mr. Osborn write it in [Conjunction?]. An important thing would be to get it properly illustrated – If you or Mr O. can supply correct and suitable [?] to [engrave?] from, the book ought to be an attractive one as well as valuable – We would be pleased to make terms for its publication.

Yours Very Truly [?]

[Jill Jraucise] Sept 17 1880

Prof C. E. Bessey Ames Iowa. [Diary] Your postal of the 8th [mist] addressed to [Dr H.W. Harkness] has just been put in my hands. [Dr] H is somewhere in the East and as [Jai?] one of the authors of the [Catalogue] I hasten to reply that you may be enabled to get the information you desire [.] Our Catalogue was published under the auspices of the [Cal] Academy of Sciences of

this city. W is by no means a com plete catalogue but such as it is we send you. We have now several hundred more species to add [illegible] must remain until we issue a new catalogue I am at present at work on an account of our parasitic fungi [illegible] infest I am also working for our State [illegible] Society on the Grape Vine Fungi. If we can be of any service to you please to indicate it.

Justin P. Moon V.P. [illegible] Sciences

Return to J. H. MOORES,

LANSING, Mich.,

If not delivered within 10 days.

LANSING

JAN 3

4PM

MICH.

Prof. C. E. Bessey.

Ames:

Iowa.

LUMBER, LOGS.

J. H. MOORES, DEALER IN REAL ESTATE,

LUMBER, LOGS, AND PINE TIMBER.

Lansing, Mich. Jan 3rd 1880

Prof. Ches. E. Bessey Ames Iowa

Dear Sir:

Yours of a late date received. While I [admit?] that [good?] [?] [of?] land should bring 10[?] per acre. Same time I realize that the sale for it is very slow, + while we are waiting often for our ideal interest [of?] [late?] comes along + marches off so much that it would have been better to have accepted a real offer. This man is a relative of some of the neighbors + now lives in N. Y. State. He proposes to buy this