108 SOCIETY OF NATURALISTS. 



" iSii Spruce Street. 

 " To Dr. Horace Jayxe : — 



" Dear Doctor, — May I beg you to transmit to the American 

 Society of Naturalists a cordial invitation to visit the University at 

 all times during the session of that body. 

 " Yours faithfully, 



"William Pepper, 



" Provost. 



" December zS, iSS6." 



"Philadelphia, Dec. 22, 1SS6. 



" Harrison Allen, M.D., Chair juan of the Local Committee^ 

 American Society of Naturalists : — 



"Dear Sir, — I have the pleasure to inform you that at the 

 meeting of the Academy, held last evening, it w^as voted to tender 

 the freedom of the museum and library to the members of the 

 American Society of Naturalists during the coming meeting on 

 the 2Sth and 29th inst. 



"It is hoped that the Academy may be able to contribute in 

 some degree to the interest and profit of the session. 

 " I remain, 



" Yours very trul}', 



" Edward J. Nolan, 



" Recording Secretary.'''' 



" Swarthmore College, 



" Swarthmore, Pa., 12 Mo. 25, 1SS6. 



" To the Society of Naturalists convened In Philadelphia : — 



" Esteemed Friends, — If at any time during the progress of 

 your meetings in Phila., or at their close, it would be agreeable 

 for you to visit this college, we should give you a most cordial 

 welcome, and show you all that we are doing, and especially in the 

 lines of study in which you are particularly interested. Dr. Chas. 

 S. Dolley, our Professor of Natural History and Biology, will 

 present this note, and will take great pleasure in escorting such 

 to the college as may desire to come. 



" Very respectfully, your friend, 



" Edward II. Magill, 



" President. ^^ 



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