x THE GEOLOGY OF MINNESOTA. 



LETTER OF N. H. WINCHELL, STATE GEOLOGIST. 



THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, 



March 10, 1882. 

 William W. Folwell, President of the University. 



I have the pleasure of transmitting the accompanying manuscript re- 

 port, the same being intended for the first volume of the final report on 

 the geological and natural history survey of the state. In tendering this 

 volume, the first of the matured results of the survey, permit me to thank 

 you for courteous consideration in our official intercourse, and personal 

 advice and assistance in many ways during the decade that has passed 

 since the work was begun. 



Respectfully, 



Your obedient servant, 



N. H. WINCHELL, 



State Geologist. 



LETTER OF PRESIDENT WM. W. FOLWELL. 



THE UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA, MINNEAPOLIS, 



March 12, 1882. 

 Professor N. H. Winchell, State Geologist. 



DEAR SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your favor 

 of the 10th instant, transmitting the manuscript of the first volume of your 

 final report. Permit me to congratulate you upon the successful comple- 

 tion of a considerable portion of the great enterprise in which you are 

 engaged and to express the hope that you may be enabled to carry out 

 your whole plan. The completed work will be a noble testimony to your 

 skill and industry, and to the liberality of the generation which has had 

 the foresight to originate it. 



Very respectfully, 



Your obedient servant, 



WILLIAM W. FOLWELL, 



President. 



