Increase Allen Lapham. — Winchell. 31 
described, etc., etc.," prepared in 1860. This synopsis is a 
sort of analytical key, like that of Dr. Asa Gray; published in 
his Manual of Botany, by which a student can trace out and 
determine the name of any certain fish. The second part is 
a list of all known fishes in the waters of the states north- 
west of the Ohio river to and including Minnesota. This was 
no collation simply, but at the time he prepared it (between 
1850 and 1860) he was in correspondence with Dr. Kirtlandin 
regard 1o the fishes of Ohio and Wisconsin, and it embraces 
much original observation. Among his papers are twent} T - 
seven packages of fish-scales with notes of the peculiarities 
of different species, and outline drawings on rough paper 
where the fishes were laid on the paper and drawn from na- 
ture, as the paper shows. This was long before the Fish 
Commission of Wisconsin was organized; and it is probable 
that his interest in fishes aroused by this study led him to sug- 
gest, as he did in a letter to Hon. F. G. Parker, then in the 
Wisconsin Legislature, the appropriation of a sum of money 
"for the propagation and introduction of better kinds of 
fish. 1 ' In reply, Mr. Parker asked him (Jan. 21, 1873) to 
draft a bill and send him for introduction in the Assembly, 
saying that he thought an appropriation of $500.00 would be 
allowed wdien the proposition should be understood. 
He made large contributions to the laboratories of Isaac 
Lea and Dr. S. P. Hildreth, of shells from Ohio, and the latter 
found material for several new species among the specimens 
sent him. He prepared, in 1831, a "List of American Shells.■ , 
which still remains unpublished. In 3 875 he prepared another 
of the shells of Wisconsin. Following is a list of his most 
important unpublished papers, prepared by Miss Julia A. 
Lapham : 
List of Unpublished Papers of Dr I. A. Lapham. 
Prepared by Julia A. Lapham. 
1832. Indian Antiquities of Portsmouth, O. Consists of sketches of 
arrow points, extracts from letters and journal, etc., etc., evidently in- 
tended as material for an article, but I am quite sure it was not pub- 
lished. 
1833. On boring for fresh water. May have been published in some 
newspaper. 
1831-36. Notes of the time of showing buds, leaving out, blossoming, 
