LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. 



U. S. Department of Agriculture, 



Bureau of Forestry, 

 Washington, D. 0., April 30, 1902. 

 Sir: I h:ive the honor to transmit herewith, and to recommend for 

 publication ;is Bulletin No. 34 of the Bureau of Forestry, a report 

 entitled, "A History of the Lumber Industry in the State of New 

 York,' 1 prepared by Col. William F. Fox, superintendent of forests 

 in that State and a collaborator of this Bureau. Colonel Fox is fitted 

 both by study and by experience as a lumberman to treat his subject 

 authoritatively. The historical matter this report contains is now 

 made readily accessible for the first time. 

 Very respectfully, 



GlFFORD PlNCHOT, 



Forest* r. 

 Hon. James Wilson. 



Srcn'tiiry of A<ji'i<'iil1)in . 



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