812 CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS. 



(U.OVER ENTOMOLOGIGAI. TLATES. 

 January 21, 1879^Senate. 



Petition of Prof. Toumend Glovet'. {S<'7i<ite MiHc. Doc. No. 38.) 



To the Senate and Jfoit-^^e of Rej>resenativef<: 



Your inemoriiilist respectfully represents that during the past fif- 

 teen 3^ears he has ])een the entomologist of the Agricultural Depart- 

 ment of the Government; that prior to his connection with the said 

 Department he had commenced a work on entomology; that during 

 his professional connection with said Department he has employed his 

 time, exclusive of that exacted by official duties, in the prosecution of 

 this work; that he has completed said work, which consists of a number 

 of manuscript volumes and two hundred and seventy-nine engraved 

 copperplates illustrating the work, which engraved plates represent 

 the figures of over ten thousand insects. 



Your memorialist further represents that the preparation of the 

 manuscript volumes and the engraving of the copperplates are the 

 result of his individual labor, done at his own residence out of office 

 hours; that the work so accomplished has caused him intense study 

 and investigation ; that during all the years of his connection with the 

 Agricultural Department and the progress of the work he has prepared 

 and produced for the benefit of said Department books of reference and 

 colored illustrative plates, exclusive of and in addition to his professional 

 duties; that he possesses the evidence, in the shape of a vast amount 

 of correspondence, of the advantages accruing to the agricultural dis- 

 tricts of the country from the possession and use l)y the Government 

 of such information in practical form. 



Your memorialist further represents that his object in commencing 

 and prosecuting so extensive and comprehensive a work was to furnish 

 a series of volumes for reference, with full and accurate illustrations, 

 which, when published in proper form, will serve as a text-book for 

 scientists, for the Agricultural Department of the Government, for 

 local organizations, and for individual convenience. 



Your memorialist further represents that the preparation of the 

 manuscript volumes, the procuring, figuring, and engraving of so 

 large a variety of insects, have imposed unremitting study and labor 

 and the expenditure of a large amount of his own money; that at a 

 time of life when rest and comfort are desirable he finds himself 

 broken in health and a constant sufferer. Of this he makes no com- 

 plaint. It is the inevitable consequence of overtaxed powers in the 

 persistent pursuit of a profession which has been the absorbing object 

 of his life. 



Your memorialist further represents that he greatly desires that the 

 Government should become the possessor of this work, not only on 



