DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

WASHINGTON June 12, 1884.

Dear Professor Marsh;

I have carefully noted the contents of
your letter of the 10, inst. requesting an additional month
in which to complete your paper for the Annual Report. In my
recent letter to you on the subject I fully set forth the neces-
sity for promptness, but the circumstances of your case are
s peculiar and I am inclined to comply with your request
rather than not have so valuable a paper appear in the best
possible shape.

Of course this delay will interfere somewhat with the
publication of the report, but I, am confident that you fully
appreciate the needs in the case and will make the extension
of time as much less than a month as possible.

I am, with respect,

Prof. O. C. Marsh

New Haven, Conn.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

WASHINGTON, May 23, 1885.

Prof. O. C. Marsh,

New Haven, Conn.

Sir:

I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of a memorandum
from yourself setting forth your plan for the publication of nine
volumes of vertebrate paleontology, as follows:

MONOGRAPHS.

Vol. I. Odontornithes (Toothed Birds), 34 Plates and 40
Woodcuts. 1880.

Vol. II. Dinocerata (Terrible Horn), 56 Plates and 200
Woodcuts. 1884.

Vol. III. Sauropoda (Lizard Feet), 90 Plates.

Vol. IV. Stegosauria (Plated Lizard), 65 Plates.

Vol. V. Brontotheridae (Thunder Beast), 60 Plates.

Vol. VI. Ornithopoda (Bird Feet), 60 Plates.

Vol. VII. Theropoda (Beast Feet), 60 Plates.

Vol. VIII. Pteranodontia 50 Plates.

Vol. IX. Mosasauria 80 Plates.

The comprehensive plan which you present covers a very
interesting and important field of paleontology, and is hereby

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

WASHINGTON D. C., June 20, 1885.

Prof. O. C. Marsh,

Paleontologist U. S. G. S.,

New Haven, Conn.

Dear Sir:

To the Division of Vertebrate Paleontology, under your
charge, there is allotted for the fiscal year ending June 30,
1886, the sum of Sixteen Thousand (16,000) Dollars, which sum
shall cover all expenses, of whatever nature, connected with the
work under your direction.

In addition to such wages as may be paid to persons tempora-
rily employed from time to time in your work, the following regu-
lar salaries will be charged to your allotment:

O. C. Marsh, Paleontologist, - - - - $4000
S. W. Williston, Asst. Paleontologist, - 1500
E. H. Barbour, Asst. Paleontologist, - 1200
T. A. Bostwick, Asst. Paleontologist, - 840
Adam Hermann, Asst. Paleontologist, - - 780

I am, with respect,

Yours &c,

Director.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

WASHINGTON D. C., July 10, 1885.

Prof. O. C. Marsh,

New Haven, Conn.

Dear Sir,

Your letter of the 7th inst., concerning the 65 plates to
accompany your volume on the Extinct Order of Jurassic Reptiles,
was referred to the Public Printer for remark. Inclosed I send
you his reply for your information. His criticism as to the
price charged by Mr. Crisand is based upon previous payments to
other lithographers for similar work, notably that to Messrs. T.
Sinclair & Son for the work done on Cope's "Tertiary Vertebrata."

Director.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

WASHINGTON D. C.

Oct. 21, 1885.

Prof.O.C.Marsh,
Yale College,
New Haven, Conn.

Dear Sir:

I have just examined your copy of the large Smith-
sonian map of the United States to which Mr. McGee's draughts-
men are transferring the geology of our recently published map.
I find this base so imperfect, that it will be impossible to
indicate the geologic structure upon it with any reasonable
degree of accuracy.

I think you are not aware that we have under way and now
very nearly completed, a geographic base of the United States
drawn to a scale of sixteen miles to the inch. This we propose
to photo-lithograph within a few weeks on a scale of thirty-
two miles to the inch; and copies of this photo-lithograph will
be immediately available for different purposes. This map is so
carefully drawn, that the geology can be transferred to it sat-
isfactorily. I am so firmly convinced that it will be more
advantageous and agreeable to you to wait a few weeks for the

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

WASHINGTON D. C.,

June 17, 1886.

Prof. O. C. Marsh,

New Haven, Conn.

My dear Sir:

I think that if you will come down at once, pre-
pared with the material, I can have the engravings for an-
other of your volumes ordered by the Public Printer. Please
bring all the drawings of every kind that you have not yet
ordered from the Public Printer with you. It being near
the close of the fiscal year it is necessary to attend to
the matter at once, and I have been informed by the Public
Printer that it can be done now. Under these circumstances
it would seem to be better for you to come with these draw-
ings yourself, in order that everything may be made plain
and satisfactory to you.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

WASHINGTON D. C., Aug. 6th, 1886.

Prof. O. C. Marsh,

Geologist, &c.

Sir:

For the fiscal year ending June 30th, 1887, there has been allotted to the Division of Vertebrate Paleontology, under your charge, the sum of $16,000, which sum shall cover all expenses connected with the work under your direction.

In addition to such wages as may be paid to persons temporarily employed from time to time in your work, the following regular salaries will be charged to your allotment:

Marsh, O.C.      Paleontologist.      $4,000.
Barbour, E.H.    Asst. Paleontologist.  $1,400.
Bostwick, T.A.   " "                   $  900.
Hermann, A.     " "                   $  900.

As paleontologist in charge of this Division you are hereby authorized to make such journeys as may be necessary