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Lusk, Kyo. July 8, 1892.

My dear Prof. Marsh:

Arrived here alright,
Burrell is in to meet me. Will go out to
camp tomorrow. They have found little
of important news & left. Weather is good
& cool compared with the East. Burrell would
like very much to continue work & it seems too
bad to let him go.

New Haven, Conn.; July. 15, 1892.

Dear Mr. Hatcher, -

Yours of July 8th was duly received. Glad you
found good weather there, even if the men found little
else during your absence.
I think you must be exhausted right that that region is about to be played out, at
least for big things. I have still great faith in "Quarry, No. 1," how-
ever, and I wish I had a dozen boxes of sand from it, if as good as what we are now
working here. Tell Burrell that I may be able to give him some work later,
but, as we agreed when you were here, we must stop work there at the end of this month.
I do not like the looks of things at Washington. The Senate appropri-
tion committee, under Mr. Allison, put paleontology back, and this passed the
committee of the whole. Just before the bill passed the Senate, a raid was
made on the Geological Survey, and the whole appropriation cut down about
forty per cent. This may be put back in the House, or in the conference
Committee, and I am inclined to think it will be, but the result no man can
tell until the bill is finally passed. I will telegraph you as soon as I
have any definite information. Meanwhile, let me know just where a
message will reach you if you get out of reach of Lusk to go home or else-
where.

The weather has been terribly hot since you left, and I am about worn
out with trouble, anxiety, and the heat.

Hermann has been cutting down the block containing the skull of Had. No. 2
We find the head was swung around left to the side (left), and underneath it
which are the ribs, in place, at least the twelve posterior ones.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY

DIVISION OF VERTEBRATE PALEONTOLOGY

NEW HAVEN, CONN.,

July 25, 1892.

Dear Mr. Hatcher, -

I wrote you on the 22d from Washington enclosing cheque for $420., and directing to Long Pine so that you would be sure to get it, as you requested.

I also answered your telegram of the 22d from Long Pine about work after August 1; namely, that you better go north, and I would write you more fully to Lusk.

I returned here Saturday, 23d, pretty well used up with heat and worry. I found the small can of mammal teeth, some of which were very good, and among them what I now take to be a bone of a pterodactyle sufficiently preserved to be described, although much smaller than I expected. Now we have one bone, I presume we shall begin to find others, for that is the way luck usually runs.

The news from Washington is very discouraging. Two menthat ought to have been friendly to the Survey, Wolcott of Colorado, and Carey of Wyoming proved to be especially hostile, and are mainly responsible for the damage done, notwithstanding all I have done to make known the paleontology of their respective states. I have found out what the matter is with Wolcott who is friendly to me, but cannot understand why Carey should not be. I hope I have no enemies in Wyoming.

The probabilities now are that I shall not have a single dollar from the Survey after August 1st, during the present fiscal year. The new appropriation will be passed before March 4, but will not be available before July 1st 1893. There is barely a possibility that the present Congress may do something better before adjournment, which will probably be the last of this week, but possibly not. There is a strong reaction in Washington in favor of the Survey, but it may be too late to help us this year, but at all events, I think we will be all right for next year.

As I shall have to pay for your northern trip myself, I wish you would keep expenses as low as possible. The three things I need most, and hope you will get on the trip, are -

(1) The skull of *Ceratops*, and other remains of the small horned Dinosaurs, the smaller the better.

(2) The skull of a carnivorous Laramie Dinosaur, with of course any other similar remains.

(3) Mammals and other small things from the northern horizons.

Please send by registered mail the small things, as promptly as you can conveniently, and I enclose a lot more franks for that purpose.

Please also before you start send me your post office and telegraph address, so that I can communicate with you promptly, if necessary.

I may possibly write you again before you start.

Yours, very truly.

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Yale University Museum.

New Haven, Conn., January 10th, 1893.

Mr. J. B. Hatcher, a graduate of the Sheffield Scientific School, has for nearly nine years been in my employ as assistant in paleontology engaged in collecting vertebrate fossils, and in museum work. During all this time, he has shown great ability and industry, and he has given entire satisfaction. The discoveries he has made are known to all paleontologists.

I regret that, for financial reasons, I cannot retain his services, and heartily recommend him to any institution needing such an assistant.

MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT by and between O. C. Marsh of
New Haven, Conn., Party of the First Part and John B. Hatcher of
Long Pine, Neb. Party of the Second Part, witnesseth;

Whereas the Parties hereunto did enter into a contract dated at
New Haven, Conn. Dec. 22d, 1890, a copy of which is hereunto annexed
and marked exhibit A.; and

Whereas the Parties hereunto did on Jan. 8th, 1891 enter into a
supplementary agreement to said exhibit A., a copy of which agreement
is hereunto annexed and marked exhibit B.; and

Whereas in accordance with the terms of said agreement, the
Party of the Second Part has been and now is in the employ of the
Party of the First Part;

Now therefore the Parties hereunto, each in consideration of the
agreements of the other, have agreed together as follows:

1. The Party of the First Part agrees to give immediately to the Party of the Second Part a satisfactory recommendation in writing signed by said Party of the First Part and setting forth the terms of said employment and stating that the said Party of the Second Part has fulfilled in a satisfactory manner to the Party of the First Part all of his agreements and duties in said employment.

2. The Party of the First Part further agrees that he will release the Party of the Second Part from all and each of the agreements of said contracts marked exhibit A. and exhibit B. whenever the Party of the Second Part shall have obtained another employment or position satisfactory to him the said Party of the Second Part.

3. The Party of the First Part further agrees to permit and allow the said Party of the Second Part to ask for and apply by letter or otherwise for such position or employment, and such application shall not be regarded as a violation of any and all of the stipulations of these presents or of the agreements hereinbefore referred

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to as exhibit A. and exhibit B.

4- The Party of the First Part further agrees to continue the Party of the Second Part in his present employment, under the terms of these presents and the agreements hereinbefore referred to as exhibit A. and exhibit B., until such time as the Party of the Second Part shall have obtained and shall have entered into the duties of such satisfactory position or employment hereinbefore set forth.

5- The Party of the Second Part agrees to continue in the employment of the Party of the First Part under the agreements of these presents and of the agreements hereinbefore referred to as exhibit A. and exhibit B., until such time as he shall have obtained such satisfactory position or employment hereinbefore referred to.

6- The Party of the Second Part further agrees to release the said Party of the First Part from all liability under and from the stipulations and agreements made in the contracts hereinbefore referred to as exhibit A. and exhibit B., in the event that he, the said Party of the Second Part, shall have obtained and shall have entered into the duties of such satisfactory position or employment as hereinbefore set forth.

7- It is understood and agreed by the Parties hereunto that the agreements and stipulations made in the contracts hereinbefore referred to as exhibit A. and exhibit B. shall continue in full force and effect, except insofar as the said contracts are abrogated or modified by these presents.

8- It is understood and agreed by the Parties hereunto that in the event that the said Party of the Second Part shall be employed upon work, under or by the direction of the Party of the First Part, for which the U. S. Geological Survey or the National Museum shall have furnished the necessary funds, that then the Party of the Second Part shall sign proper vouchers for such work at the request of

Exhibit A.

New Haven, Conn., Dec. 22d, 1890.

I hereby agree to remain with Prof. Marsh five years from
July 1st, 1891 (or to July 1st, 1896), on the following conditions:

(I) My salary to be $1800. per annum, and all necessary field and traveling expenses guaranteed for five years.

(2) My position to be "Assistant in Geology."

(3) My work to be not more than six months in the field, and five in the East, with one month vacation.

(4) My work in the East to be mainly on my own collection.

(Signed) J. B. Hatcher.

I hereby engage Mr. Hatcher for five years on the above conditions.

(Signed) O. C. Marsh.

Witness: R. W. Westbrook.

Exhibit B.

New Haven, Conn., January 8, 1891.

In addition to the contracts made December 22d, 1890, between
Mr. J. B. Hatcher and Prof. O. C. Marsh, the following agreement is
hereby made: -

(1) All matters relating to the employment and control of men
in the West to be left to Mr. Hatcher entirely, limited only by the
amount of money available in each year.

(2) The detailed geology of the Brontotherium beds and of the
Ceratops beds to be worked up by Mr. Hatcher, and published under his
name.

(3) The preparation and arrangement of collections, made by
Mr. Hatcher, to be under his charge.

(4) On the termination of the contract, July 1st, 1896, if it
is not renewed, a special effort is to be made by Prof. Marsh to
secure an equal or better position for Mr. Hatcher; and in this ef-
fort, Prof. Marsh will seek the aid of the President of Yale, Prof.
Brush, and other officers of the University.

(5) The conditions of the above contract, and the present addi-
tions, shall hold from this date, but Mr. Hatcher's salary shall be
$2000 per annum from Jan. 1, 1891; of this $1800 to be paid in month-
ly payments of $150, and the remaining $200 in quarterly payments of
$50 each.

( Signed ) J. B. Hatcher.

Witness: R. W. Westbrook.

I hereby engage Mr. Hatcher as my assistant to July 1st, 1896,
on the above conditions.

( Signed ) O. C. Marsh.

Witness R. W. Westbrook.