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be duly reciprocated. Write soon dear Will & tell me how you get 

 along. I will try & be more punctual hereafter in telling about myself. 

 Molly sends her love, to you & all relations. 



Your affectionate brother 



SPENCER F. BAIRD. 



Agassiz 13 & Dr. Gray (the Botanist) are coming up to see me within 

 six months, to spend a long time, especially the former. He tells 

 every body I hear from, that he is coming here, & how anxious he is 

 to meet me! 



From John J. Audubon to S. F. Baird. 



MINNIE'S LAND, N. Y. Nov r . 8 th 1846. 

 MY DEAR FRIEND, 



We were very happy to hear of your Success in obtaining a 

 Professorship. I wish you had been more minute as to the amount 

 of your Salary, as I consider 400$ as very small, if you have not a 

 house, fuel, and furniture, &c., &c., &c., to compensate for so small 

 a sum, and having so much to perform for it. 



We are all glad that you have a good helpmate in the shape of 

 a wife, and we would be all very glad to have you under our roof, 

 even now, but as the winter is now fast approaching we hope to see 

 you certainly some time next spring, or during the summer, as you 

 know that then our place is worthy to reside at. The fishing is 

 then Capital. The residence of our Friend, W. O. Ayres, 14 is on 

 Long Island, and I think that a letter addressed to him at Sag- 

 Harbor, will be sure to be received by that good Friend of ours. He 



13 Jean Louis Rudolphe Agassiz, born at Motier en Vuly, Switzer- 

 land, May 28, 1807; came to America in October, 1846; died at 

 Cambridge, Mass., Dec. 14, 1873. This great naturalist needs no 

 introduction to our readers. To him is due the awakening of a popular 

 interest in Science in the United States through his contagious and 

 genial enthusiasm, and worldwide reputation. To Baird we owe the 

 utilization of opportunities and the preparation of publications 

 through varied agencies, which gave a systematic base to this interest 

 and ensured its perpetuity. Together they supplemented each other. 



14 W. O. Ayres, M.D., afterward a resident of California and a 

 well known student of fishes. 



