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Title: C. Hart Merriam papers : including correspondence, papers relating to career with the United States Biological Survey, 1798-1972 (bulk 1871-1942)
Identifier: chartmerriampape011merr (find matches)
Year: 1798 (1790s)
Authors: Merriam, C. Hart (Clinton Hart), 1855-1942; Bailey, Florence Merriam, 1863-1948; Bailey, Vernon, 1864-1942; Muir, John, 1838-1914. crp; Roosevelt, Theodore, 1858-1919. crp; Online Archive of California
Subjects: United States. Division of Ornithology and Mammalogy; United States. Division of Biological Survey; United States. Biological Survey; United States. Bureau of Biological Survey; Geological and Geographical Survey of the Territories (U. S. ); Harriman Alaska Expedition (1899); Bering Sea controversy; Bears; Biogeography; Natural history; Ornithology; Botany; Life zones; Wildlife conservation
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Contributing Library: The Bancroft Library
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as^ 1*5 January 15, 1917 Mr. E. "⢠Edwards Hap-crsbcrg British ^oluiabia Doar Sir: Your letter of DecoraLer 11 cnne in due course ⢠at least the first page of a letter which looks as if it was to be continued on a second page but no other page came and as the letter had no sifjnattre we identi- fied it by comparing the handwriting with one of your previous letters. Your new ^rstoffice, Kagensborg, confused me as your previous letters had come from At- narko. On looking the matter up I find that the skull you refer to is here, and thr.t it arrived on Iky 5, 1916 if and by -ome unaccounttble a "cident was overlooked. T7o letter accom £nied this skiill, and nothing was heard froffi you on the r;ul)ject until year letter from Atnarko dated October 3, from which I inferred that the skull ycu mentioned had been sent in the Icte suiuaer or early fall. But on rncei^^t of your letter of December 11 stat- ing that ycu had h-ard fron Cottrell on Hay 2 ackrowled^ng receipt of this s::ull, I rt once began a search in the Ku- seum -.vith the result above stated. The fault appears to t " t â ;' )
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436 1 t',r" '**"" ""â ""' â ="" -»^⢠f- tMa sWl. I ,.« ,,,refore creaui^ ,.ur accost ,Ufc *30. a check for â'.ich ,,iu U scât .ââ ,h, j.t ,t ,eb- ^-n. The sfcuU â¢uW !u.ve been ,ârth ?25 if u ,u=d net been broken. ' --^Cre' '"y "^oh tM. oreralcht .t n^ eâa of the l,ne.a.d should he ,e^ ,lâa to .ecur, the additionel skulls cf GrizzlJftH -vt^v ,,. uriz^iios ...xch ycu now have on hand, t.nd all tl^t you .ay be able to obtain during the ccinr spring and sumer. I hope you .ill .ond them as early as pos- sible, as I am now at .eric on the Grizzlies of western British Oolun,bia. and am anxious to see as mrny skulls as po.siUo before publishing. Please send by express, charges collect, addressed: U.S. Biological Survey, ^ept. of Agriculture, ashington, ^. ".^ Tery truly yours. '»^^-«-vJ^, (i K^ -^, ^n=*XSS^Z^ ^-âKs^- is I Retake of Preceding Frame

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