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1854 March[in pencil]
133 [circled in ink different from letter ink] Racine Wednesday
Dear Father,
Here all right.
Doct Hoy & lady very pleasant. I
shall learn a great deal.
It seems Ingman (Secy of Wis
Soc'y) played the rogue. could not
account for all funds placed
in his hands - He got rich!. He
got himself again elected but was
by unfair means and was kicked
out or at least was so very[double underlined]
strongly advised to resign that
he did so. The new Sec'y is a Milwau
-kee man Dr Hoy has forgotten his
name. A good man he says
If It is rather cold. A few
birds are out. Dr & I are now going
to look for some ducks.
Dont know anything to say
of enough importance to write with
such an infernal pen.
Bob
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Although the note at the top of the page says "March 1854" (not in Robert Kennicott's handwriting), this letter was probably written in March 1855 instead, since he didn't visit and study with the naturalist Dr. Philo Romayne Hoy in Racine, Wisconsin, until March 1855 (as mentioned in the letter from S.F. Baird to Robert Kennicott the following month on April 7, 1855 - see RK-059)
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