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Chicago April 1^st 1857

To Whom it May Concern

We hereby take great pleasure in introducing to you Mr. Rob^t. Kennicott, the bearer, Who is employed as a Naturalist to collect and prepare specimens of Natural History for Museum of the NorthWestern University, located at Evanston near Chicago.

Mr. K. is a gentlemen ardently devoted to the cultivation of the Natural Sciences, and is a Member of the Academy of Natural Sciences in this City.

This present enterprize is a very important one for the University, and any aid or service you can render him will be gratefully acknowledged by us.

With great respect we remain Yours truly

[in two columns] N. S. Davis Grant Goodrich Orrington Lunt J K Botsford

{ Executive { Committee of the { Trustees of the { North Western University