SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION

UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM

S. P. LANGLEY, Secretary
G. BROWN GOODE, Assistant Secretary,
in charge of U. S. National Museum

Washington,

December 9, 1890.

Prof. O. C. Marsh,

Yale College,

New Haven, Connecticut.

Dear Sir:

I have talked with Professor Langley in regard to the subject of Mr. Hatcher's engagement, and am now glad to be able to agree to your proposition that Mr. Hatcher be employed by the National Museum for five months at a salary of $150. a month, with the understanding that he will work part of the time at New Haven, and part of the time in Washington, under your direction.

Prof. Langley realizes the importance of having an exhibition series prepared in time for the meeting of the Geological Association in 1891, and I hope that this arrangement will make it possible to bring this about.

New Haven, Conn., December 12, 1890.

Professor G. Brown Goode,
U.S.
Director, National Museum.

Dear Sir: -

Mr. Hatcher is here, and we are getting ready a series of
interesting fossils to fill that big case. Will you, therefore, kindly inform
me when the case will be finished, and what are its approximate dimensions?