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as he did with his more intimate friends. His brother 

 Gorham, who resides in Brooklyn, writing in 1902, says : 

 "I was, several summers ago, when at Nantucket, 

 introduced to a gentleman who said, ' Mr. Boardman, 

 what, Mr. George A. Boardman of Calais, the ornitholo- 

 gist ? ' I replied 'no, but I am his brother.' 'Well,' 

 he said, ' he is known by every lover of birds from Maine 

 to Florida.' " In whatever place he was, from Maine to 

 Florida or from Washington to the west and to Cali- 

 fornia, there were those whom he knew. And he prized 

 their friendship. It was his first duty at every place 

 where he stopped on his many journeys from one state 

 to another "to go all around and see the folks ' ' or call 

 upon his scientific friends. He loved to do this and it 

 was a duty as well as a pleasure that was never neglected. 

 The same was true when Mr. Boardman returned to his 

 home in Calais from winters spent in Florida or at the 

 west. 



His good nature never forsook him. He was always 

 cheerful and sunny. The apt story, the winning smile or 

 the hearty laugh were evidences of his happy disposition. 

 He was thoroughly unselfish. Nothing is more common 

 in letters to his scientific friends, when describing any- 

 thing new, rare or curious that he had obtained, than for 

 him to say : " This specimen I will send to the National 

 Museum that it may be available for comparison ; it is 

 too important to be kept in a private collection." When 

 in Washington he was most attentive and helpful to per- 

 sons in Maine who were interested in visiting the depart- 

 ments or the museums. Many have been his acquaint- 

 ances who tell of the pleasure they had in being conducted 

 through the exclusive formalities of Washington life by 



