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APPROPRIATION FOR UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY.

The United States,

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<table><thead><tr><th>DATE.</th><th></th><th>DOLLARS.</th><th>CTS.</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1882.</td><td>For Pay as Collector<br>from April 1st to April 30th, 1882, inclusive,<br>one month, at $ 60.00 per month</td><td>60</td><td>00</td></tr></tbody></table>

I certify that the above account is correct; that the services were rendered as herein stated, and were necessary for the work of the U. S. Geological Survey.

, U. S. Geological Survey.

RECEIVED at Washington, D. C., this day of ..., 188 ..., from JNO. D. McCHESNEY, Chief Disbursing Clerk, U. S. G. S., the sum of sixty (60) cents, in full payment of the above account, having signed duplicate receipts therefor.

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The United States,

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<table><thead><tr><th>DATE.</th><th></th><th>DOLLARS.</th><th>CTS.</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1882.</td><td>For Pay as Collector<br>from April 1st to April 30th, 1882, inclusive,<br>one month, at $ 5.00 per month</td><td>55.00</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

, U. S. Geological Survey.

RECEIVED at Washington, D. C., this day of ..., 188 ..., from JNO. D. McCHESNEY, Chief Disbursing Clerk, U. S. G. S., the sum of fifty-five dollars and ... cents, in full payment of the above account, having signed duplicate receipts therefor.

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In regard to the more important matters you mention, I will think them
over and write you later when I hear ~~definitely~~ from Washington. You know very well
that I should be glad to have you in New Haven if you can be contented here,
~~in that case~~
and I should be delighted to have you take hold of the turtles and work them
~~up.~~ Until the uncertainty in ~~Congress~~ removed ~~should~~ up. I do not think it would be wise to exchange your present home for anything here, although
~~Myself~~ should
I often feel that I ~~would~~ like to swap my ranch ~~here~~ for one in the West, where
taxes and street committees are less oppressive.

Extract from letter to Hatcher,
dated June 7, 1892.

BAKER BROTHERS,
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL
GROCERS.
ALSO DEALERS IN
DRY GOODS, CLOTHING, GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS,
BOOTS, SHOES, HATS AND CAPS.

Lusk, Nyo., June 17, 1892,

My dear Prof. Marsh:

Yours of June 6, received. Was
somewhat disappointed by its content.

Weather here is very wet. The "Great American
Desert" is a verily quanivire. Started in yesterday
with two loads of boves, but had to leave one & put
both teams on the other. R. R. is washed out, no train
yesterday or today. Don't know when there will be one.
Have been having very good success considering
the weather.

I ship yontoday 9 boves of fossils. Enclosed
please find list of content. Do not know when
they will leave here. Skull 31. is a pretty good one.
Though somewhat broken the pieces are hard &
break clean. It is a small one & I found it in the
same locality as 19+19A, & it may be like them
free is complete & mostly in the rock yet. homcores
are nearly complete. Wortman raw it & said "not wishing
me any bad luck he wished they had found it instead of me"

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