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Letters from Spencer Baird to George Lawrence (Apr. - Jun. 1872)
Number of Pages:
15
Date:
April - June 1872
Spencer Fullerton Baird, Assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, writes five letters to George Lawrence in which he discusses his attempt in encouraging Dr. Feuchtwanger to give his collection of minerals to the Smithsonian. Baird also asks Lawrence for some of his illustrations of the Grayson volume, and speaks of his travels to Maine. Transcripts included.
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Location:
MC 2000.11, B1, F14
Origin:
Gift of the Friends of the Library
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