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hand to form the nucleus of a g-ood museum ; for the re§t we look to 

 the future — to your kindness and to the blessing of nature's God on 

 our exertions. If you can spare the pamphlets Ave will gladly remit 

 whatever you value them at. 



Thanking you most earnestly, dear sir, for the reports and cata- 

 logues, I have the honor to be, yours, very truly, 



JAMES HUBBERT, 

 Secretary Board of Curators, Knox College Museum. 



Prof. Joseph Henry, LL.,D., 



Secretary Smithsonian Institution. 



Royal Horticultural Society, 

 South Kensington, W., December 21, 1861. 

 Dear Sir : I am requested by the Secretary, while acknowledging 

 the receipt of your letter of October 18th, to acquaint you that the 

 council have much pleasure in acceding to the request that this so- 

 ciety's journals should be sent to the various institutions therein 

 named, with a view to interchange. A parcel will therefore be sent 

 to Mr. Wesley in a few days for transmission to you. 

 I am, dear sir, yours faithfull}^, 



HENRY J. DOWDEN. 

 Joseph Henry, Esq., Washington. 



CoBOURG, Canada West, Ajrril 1, 1862. 



My Dear Sir : I take this opportunity for expressing my warm- 

 est thanks for your repeated kindness in furnishing me with so- 

 many valuable publications on the insects of this continent, without 

 the aid of which my progress in the study of entomology would oe 

 but slow and difficult. I can speak for others in this country, as well 

 as for m5''self, when I say that we are deeply grateful for the assist- 

 ance we have received from your noble Institution; and that but for its 

 liberality the natural sciences would have hardly made what advance- 

 ment they have in this country during the past few years. 



I shall be only too glad to reciprocate your kindness to the best of 

 my ability by furthering the objects of the Institution in any way 

 that lies in my power. 



I remain, my dear sir, very gratefully yours, 



CHARLES J. BETHUNE. 



Professor Joseph Henry, LL. D., 



Secretary to the Smithsonian Institution. 



Honolulu, Sandwich Islands, 



February 10, 1862. 



Dear Sir : I am in receipt of your favor granting me a suite of the 

 duplicates of the shells of the northwest coast of America in the 

 hands of Mr. Carpenter. 



I had, a short time previous to the arrival of your letter, forwarded 

 to the Institution a package containing shells and rare Crustacea, not 

 included in my remittance to you two or three years since. 



