﻿CATALOGUE 
  OF 
  THE 
  COLLECTION 
  OF 
  THE 
  LATE 
  H. 
  CASLMIR 
  

   DE 
  RHAM, 
  JUN., 
  NOW 
  IN 
  THE 
  STATE 
  CABINET. 
  

  

  [Extract 
  of 
  a 
  letter 
  from 
  Nathaniel 
  F. 
  Moore, 
  LL. 
  D., 
  to 
  the 
  Secretary 
  of 
  the 
  

  

  Regents, 
  dated 
  May 
  16, 
  1850.] 
  

  

  Deax 
  Sir, 
  — 
  Mr. 
  and 
  Mrs. 
  De 
  Rham 
  bave 
  authorised 
  me 
  to 
  in- 
  

   form 
  you 
  of 
  their 
  readiness 
  to 
  give 
  to 
  the 
  State 
  Cabinet 
  of 
  Natural 
  

   History, 
  a 
  collection 
  of 
  birds 
  made 
  by 
  their 
  son, 
  H 
  Casimir, 
  pro- 
  

   vided 
  any 
  person 
  shall 
  be 
  empowered 
  by 
  the 
  Regents 
  or 
  by 
  your- 
  

   self, 
  in 
  their 
  behalf, 
  to 
  receive 
  it 
  here, 
  and 
  to 
  provide 
  for 
  its 
  safe 
  

   removal, 
  before 
  the 
  month 
  of 
  July 
  next. 
  

  

  My 
  late 
  nephew's 
  friends 
  have 
  been 
  much 
  gratified 
  at 
  the 
  man- 
  

   ner 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  recent 
  donation 
  of 
  minerals 
  and 
  shells 
  that 
  had 
  

   belonged 
  to 
  him 
  has 
  been 
  acknowledged, 
  and 
  his 
  parents 
  seeing 
  

   into 
  what 
  careful 
  and 
  skilful 
  hands 
  they 
  had 
  consigned 
  these 
  

   things, 
  desire 
  me 
  to 
  entrust 
  those 
  birds 
  also 
  to 
  the 
  same. 
  It 
  

   grieves 
  them 
  to 
  observe, 
  that 
  in 
  spite 
  of 
  all 
  their 
  care, 
  every 
  year 
  

   makes 
  some 
  inroad 
  upon 
  the 
  collection, 
  and 
  their 
  reluctance 
  to 
  

   part 
  with 
  a 
  valued 
  memorial 
  of 
  their 
  son 
  has 
  therefore 
  been 
  sur- 
  

   mounted 
  by 
  the 
  hope 
  that 
  the 
  Curators 
  of 
  the 
  State 
  Cabinet 
  will 
  

   be 
  able 
  to 
  preserve 
  what 
  yet 
  remains 
  of 
  it, 
  much 
  better 
  and 
  longer 
  

   than 
  they 
  could 
  themseves. 
  

  

  [Extract 
  of 
  a 
  letter 
  from 
  Mrs. 
  De 
  Rham 
  to 
  the 
  Secretary, 
  dated 
  New- 
  York, 
  June 
  

  

  8, 
  1850.] 
  

  

  " 
  Permit 
  me 
  to 
  thank 
  you 
  for 
  your 
  obliging 
  letter, 
  announcing 
  

   the 
  safe 
  arival 
  of 
  the 
  collection 
  of 
  birds 
  at 
  their 
  new 
  and 
  honora- 
  

   ble 
  home. 
  

  

  " 
  I 
  deeply 
  regret 
  the 
  necessity 
  of 
  resigning 
  them 
  to 
  the 
  care 
  of 
  

   strangers, 
  but 
  I 
  am 
  quite 
  convinced 
  that 
  it 
  is 
  the 
  only 
  chance 
  of 
  

   preserving 
  them, 
  and 
  also 
  the 
  name 
  and 
  memory 
  of 
  my 
  dear 
  son 
  

   in 
  the 
  world 
  of 
  science." 
  

  

  