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1863.

Cincinnati April 3rd, 1863.

I.A. Lapham.

My dear Sir,-

Yours of Feb. 20 is before me and have sent you a copy of my publication of Melania in 1851 including "Napella."***

I had my photograph taken while in N.Y. but have not yet rec'd any impressions, as soon as received will forward one to you. Like every one else in such matters, I am not proud of my phiz, as thus portrayed, but the sun was obstinate and stoutly persisted in jotting down every wrinkle and every other strange and ugly feature he found encumbering my face and I had to be content. I can't help acknowledging that I [was] am not quite so young as I was 40 years ago.***

Yours truly,

John G. Anthony.

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Museum of Comparative Zoology,
Cambridge Mass. April 7, 1863.

I.A. Lapham, Esq.

My dear Sir,-

I send today by express a small box containing a few fossil Echinoderms and also fossils from Vermont collected by Mr. Marcou.

We should like very much to exchange fossils from the European specimens of which we have duplicates, for what are found in the Western States but at present there is no one who has time to pick out such collections on account of the great number of fossils of which we have not yet picked out the series for our col-