LETTERS ON PROGRAMME OF ORGANIZATION. 993 



zation set forth in the Programme appears to me to be com- 

 prehensive and satisfactory. 



From B. H. Ragsdale. 



Jackson College, 

 Columbia, Tenn., April 25, 1849. 

 The Programme has come to hand, but not having exam- 

 ined it thoroughly we can express no decided opionion for 

 or against it. 



Be assured that we will gladly co-operate with 3'ou in your 

 enterprise, so far as we can under the circumstances. 



From W. F. Hopkins. 



Masonic University of Tennessee, 



Clarksville, 3Iai/ 11, 1849. 



So noble a beginning speaks highly of the liberal spirit 

 in which the objects of the Institution are to be carried out. 



Permit me to express my unqualified admiration of the 

 plan of operation developed in your Programme. It seems 

 to me to combine, most wisely and happily, the utmost 

 practicable liberality, with the most faithful regard to the 

 expressed will of the founder. I need not say that if, in 

 my limited sphere, I can contribute, even in the humblest 

 degree, to the grand and beneficent objects of the Smithso- 

 nian Institution, I shall feel both proud and happy in doing 



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FYom B. P. Johnson. 



State Agricultural Rooms, 

 Albany, N. Y., 3Iay 14, 1849. 

 I am highly pleased with the Programme of the Smith- 

 sonian Institution, and it will give me great pleasure to 

 furnish you, on the part of our Society, every co-operation 

 in our power, to enable you successfully to carry out tho 

 very laudable objects of the Institution. 



From J. S. Bacon. 



Columbian College, 

 Washington, D. C, Jul>/ 28, 1849. 

 I will only say, in general terms, that I like the " Plan " 

 presented — in most respects, much. It covers a very wide 

 field, and is well calculated to direct the attention of intelli- 

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