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Iowa City, February 21st, 1877. 

 Charles H. Preston, 31. D., Davenport, Iowa : 



Dear Sir : — I propose to donate to the Academy of Sciences of your 

 city my geological cabinet and the cases containing the same — requiring 

 only that the Academy keep the collection, and it alone, in the cases, as 

 my distinct contribution to its cabinet ; and that the Academy take the 

 same from the rooms of the Historical Society in this city, where it has 

 been stored tor some years past. 



The cases are of white walnut, panelled, with glass sides and front, 6* 

 feet high, 'Si wide, and U deep, and eight in number. The cases cost me 

 upwards of SlOO, and the collection cost me much labor, worry, and 

 about thirty years of time. 



The Historical Society need the room they occupy at once, and I know 

 of no better method of disposing of my labors than to transfer them to 

 the Academy. I write this at my office, and my volume of the Transac- 

 tions of the Academy being at my house, I do not know the name of 

 your President, so write you, requesting you to hand this to him. 



If the Academy accepts, it would be better to send one of its members 

 here to take charge of packing and transportation. 



The Mineralogical collection I shall bring to my office, subject to 

 future arrangement. You will recollect the collection placed at one time 

 in my lecture room at the University, and have some appreciation of its 

 interest and value. 



I am proud of the success and prospective permanency of the Acad- 

 emy, and have given it, therefore, the preference over the High School 

 of Muscatine (at whicli place I made much of the collection— not in 

 point of locality, more than of time), the Historical Society, or University. 



Yours truly, 



T. S. Parvin. 



On motion of Dr. Parrj, this donation was accepted bv the 

 Academy, and Dr. M. B. Cochran was appointed to proceed at 

 once to Iowa City, and take charge of the removal and trans- 

 portation of the collection, as requested by the donor. 



Dr. C. H. Preston then offered the following resolution, which 

 was adopted unanimously : 



Eesolved, That in accepting from Prof. T. S. Parvin, of Iowa City, the 

 very generous donation to the Davenport Academy of Natural Sciences, 

 of his entire Geological Cabinet, the result of thirty years' labor, and 

 much care and expense, we would hereby express our earnest thanks and 

 high appreciation of the scientific fellowship and good will which has 

 prompted this valuable gift. 



Dr. C. C. Parry remarked that this donation, representing the 

 work of an earnest life-time, may be properly regarded as one 



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