Mr.  Walter  Deane, 
29  Brewster  Street, 
Cambridge,  Mass. 
Dear  Mr.  Deane: 
As  you  are  a  friend  of  the  wild  birds  you  will  be  interested, 
we  believe,  in  the  Louis  Agassiz  Puertes  Memorial  Bird  Sanctuary  plan. 
The  original  and  meritorious  features  of  this  plan,  and  its  approval 
by  so  many  eminent  bird  lovers,  commend  it  to  your  attention. 
Plan:  To  conduot  an  active  campaign  among  the  permanent 
boys’  and  girls'  summer  camps  of  New  England  for  the  establishment 
of  bird  sanctuaries  and  places  of  refuge  for  wild  life  on  their  camp 
grounds.  These  sanctuaries  are  to  be  named  in  honor  of  the  late 
Louis  Agassiz  Puertes,  famous  painter  of  American  bird  life.  The  plan 
includes  furnishing  regular  and  organized  instruction  in  bird  lore 
to  the  estimated  million  young  folk  who  annually  attend  these  camps. 
There  are  one  hundred  of  these  camps  in  Massachusetts  alone.  The  ini¬ 
tial  work  of  the  organization  will  be  done  in  Massachusetts. 
An  organized  attempt  to  form  camp  grounds  into  sanctuaries 
and  give  instruction  in  a  concerted  way  is  new.  It  is  gratifying  to 
note  the  whole-hearted  interest  in  and  approval  of  the  plan  by  our 
bird  lovers.  The  endorsers  are:  Thomas  Barbour,  Harvard  Museum  of 
Comparative  Zoology;  Edward  Wigglesworth,  Boston  Society  of  Natural 
History;  Edward  Howe  Porbush,  former  State  Ornithologist}  Laurence  B. 
Fletcher,  Secretary  New  England  Federation  of  Bird  Clubs;  Hon.  W.  C. 
Adams,  Massachusetts  Director  Fisheries  and  Game;  Thornton  Burgess 
and  Ernest  Thompson  Set on,  Authors. 
Tn  order  to  complete  our  campaign  in  Massachusetts  our  treas¬ 
ury  requires  three  thousand  dollars  more.  Won't  you  help  us  to  acquire 
this  amount  as  soon  as  possible. 
In  considering  this  plan  please  remember  that  the  boys  and 
girls  it  will  embrace  will  be,  thousands  of  them,  the  leaders  of  the 
future  in  thought,  education,  the  professions  and  business,  and  if  we 
can  teach  them  to  know  and  love  the  wild  birds  they  will,  we  believe, 
prove  the  means  whereby  the  adequate  sanctuaries  needed  will  be  provided. 
If  you  approve  the  plan  wondt  you  kindly  send  us  a  check  for 
whatever  you  feel  inclined  to  give, 
$6"^  (  Sinc^ply  yours, 
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