302 Miscellaneous Intelligence. 
Sruuman, Jr.—Sir 
over his signature to every holder of the book and also one to be pu 
lished in your Journal, stating that my name was inadvertently left out 
of the title page and that I was the sole author of the chapter on Meteor- 
ology. Therefore wherever Dr. Suckley’s name is referred to, it is simply 
because he appears as joint author of the “Natural History,” and not 
because I attach any blame to him in regard to the matter. 
An examination of my report will show you that this “ Natural Histo- 
ry” is a portion of my own Report. I will first call your attention to | 
their letter addressed to me transmitting their volume. You will find it ; 
at the close of the volume (Appendix C.), In that letter, as will appear | 
rom its contents, they transmit the portion of my Report immediately 
following the alphabetical Index and preceding the appendices. 
; f you will examine the “ Natural History ” you will find that it con- 
tains Chapter IV. of my Report on Meteorology, copied page for pages 
that this chapter is illustrated by several views taken from the body of 
my Report, and that my isothermal chart is to be found at the end of the 
volume. By turning to my own Report, it will be observed that this 
chapter on Meteorology is an integral portion of my own personal and 
official Report of the route, follows the geographical memoir and precedes 
the estimate of the cost of a railroad on the northern route. 
You will also observe upon page viii. of the preface to the “ Natural 
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History ” that the authors (Drs. Cooper and Suckley) state that mone of | 
the plates illustrating their volume have been before published in any © { 
the series. If you will compare these pictorial views with those MY = 
final Report and narrative, you will find them to be identically the same, 
aving been struck off from the same stone, by the same person, am 
therefore cannot be new. 
My object in addressing you is to expose the plagiarism of Dr. Cooper 
and to show his injustice to myself. ¢ 
It being doubtful whether extra copies would be ordered by Congress; 
ave my consent to the Government printer's striking off some a % 
copies of the Natural History Report for the use of Drs. C 
Suckley, they bearing the expense, and the pretended edition of 
Bro hers was struck off in this manner. I did not give my consen 
the incorporation of the chapter on Meteorology, or to the use of 
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