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idea of a professorship in the
University could be realised. Let me
know whether I can do anything to
help you in realising it. The University
could not do better than to set
you to work for two years in summers
in collecting materials for a grand
State Museum. All the assis-
tance you could want, you could rea-
dily obtain. I will be responsible
for all the vertebrata at any rate.
The University ought to pay you
at least $500.00 per annum, and
defray all the necessary expenses,
which might amount to 300 to 500 dol-
lars more Still a less sum might
answer.

I do not know that
you could do a better thing than
to come and spend a winter in
Washington. Our collections and
Library will be freely opened to you,
and I need not say that any
supervision or direction to your
studies, I will cheerfully undertake
as far as my abilities and lei-
sure will allow. I can readily put
you in the way of learning all

idea of a professorship in the
University could be realised. Let me
know whether I can do anything to
help you in realising it. The University
could not do better than to set
you to work for two years in summers
in collecting materials for a grand
State Museum. All the assis-
tance you could want, you could rea-
dily obtain. I will be responsible
for all the vertebrata at any rate.
The University ought to pay you
at least $500.00 per annum, and
defray all the necessary expenses,
which might amount to 300 to 500 dol-
lars more Still a less sum might
answer.

I do not know that
you could do a better thing than
to come and spend a winter in
Washington. Our collections and
Library will be freely opened to you,
and I need not say that any
supervision or direction to your
studies, I will cheerfully undertake
as far as my abilities and lei-
sure will allow. I can readily put
you in the way of learning all