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From John H. Richard to Spencer F. Baird. 1 * 



PHILADELPHIA, Julay the 29, 1852. 

 PROFESSOR BAERD, 

 Daer Sur, 



I send you thos blanks and delivert tos draving to M. Girard 

 there ur 17 in number wisch I workt very hard and averich 11 haur 

 par day. 



Plis if you thiraegt the laetter to my to Schulkell Fall in caer of 

 Jonas Eberhard. With respaegt yours, 



JOHN H. RICHARD. 



From John H. Richard to Spencer F. Baird. 



FALL OF SCULKILL, August trrji, (1852). 

 PROFESSOR BAERD, 

 Daer Sur, 



I complaed this day 7 draving of schnacks and 10 draving of 



fischs wisch I workt 2.44 haur atet thos draving surpases al the raest 



I ever dan yt and the fisch the Exploring Ex. haes non so vel than. 



I dan 3 of thos schnacks you send and haef began the forth al 



the rest dayt. My best respaegt. v 



JOHN H. RICHARD. 



From S. F. Baird to Professor E. 0. Haven, Ann Arbor, Michigan. 



October 28, 1853. 

 DEAR SIR: 



I have just received your letter of Oct. 22 in reference to Mr. 

 Alexander Winchell, and hasten to reply to it. I scarcely know any 

 one in whom I feel a greater interest than Mr. Winchell. A slight 

 personal acquaintance of many years standing has, since his residence 



18 These two letters from the accomplished artist who prepared 

 the plates for the serpents and fishes of the papers by Baird and 

 Girard, are rescued from oblivion in order that the distinction of 

 being one of the first and most thorough practitioners in America 

 of "Simplified Spelling," shall not be lost to him. 



