THEO. B. COMSTOCK, PRES'T, TREAS. AND GEN'L MANAGER

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RICHARD E. SLOAN, SECRETARY

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OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT AND GENERAL MANAGER

M. P. DODGE, Chief Clerk

In Replying Please Refer to

Los Angeles, Cal. Nov. 7 '99.

Prof. Chas. E. Beecher,
Yale University Museum,
New Haven, Conn.

Dear Sir:-

Thanking you kindly for your letter of October 24, referring to the small lot of fossils which I collected in 1878, you will do me a favor if you will turn them in with the Museum collection, as you suggest. They are of no use to me, and at the time of collection I promised to give them to Prof. Marsh. I had only seen a notice of the Professor's death shortly before receiving your letter, and this notice was so vague that I had hoped it might not be true. Of late years I had not met him, but always had the warmest feeling for him, both on his own account and because of kindnesses, very much appreciated, received from him many years ago.

With best regards,