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Shawano, Wis. 1-21-1901

Mr. J.H. Muffat

My dear Sir. Your letter misdirected to
me at [Sterns Pt ?]was forwarded + is just at hand.

Am sorry that I cannot furnish photos of the varsity
B.B. teams. for wh. you ask, for '63 -- '68. What I have,
that may be of use to you, I forward. [underlined: Please carefully pre-
serve, and return.]

My autograph album has this record. - June 1, 1864.
"Dear Rankin - "One by one it became my painful
duty to bid farewell, in writing, to the members of
the 1st nine. How shall I forget the glorious times
we have had, and the tremendous fly catch, which
was so universally admired and cheered on the
Atlantic ground, will ever be fresh in my memory

Ever think with charity and kindness of your friend
an[d] soon to be [underlined: ex-captain], Henry C. Millspaugh. of
Newburgh, N.Y. Millspaugh was [underlined:captain] when he
graduated in '64. And my recollection is that he had been
captain from the time that I entered as a sophomore
in '62. It seems to me too that that was about the
beginning of Base Ball organization in the college. I send you