Letter from Spencer Baird to George Lawrence

Assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution Spencer Fullerton Baird writes to George N. Lawrence regarding the Sumichrast Collection. "As the number of additional species is not so great as I was led to suppose," Baird warns Lawrence that he will likely be "disappointed in it." In addition, Baird reports that he offered to sell a Mr. Haines "one of the biggest meteorites at $2 a pound."