468 Hop© Street, 
Providence, K.I. 
24 Jan. 1912. 
Dear Dr. Kennedy:- 
I received your kindly Christmas Greeting several 
weeks ago while I was in Washington, I was there to attend the 
American Association meetings and also a series of conferences 
which had been called for all men connected with the Office of 
Forest ’atholopy. These conferences extended over nearly or 
quite four weeks, much longer than we had any of ns anticipated. 
They were very profitable conferences for all of us, however, 
as each man took. up in turn his own work explaining it to the 
others; the others in turn eriticisinp, suppestinp, or questionlnp, 
from their own point of vie?/. All the men connected with the office 
were on hand, including four from Washnipton or eastward, as well 
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as the western men from Nebraska, Montana, Wisconsin, California, 
and Hew Mexico. 
I shall be very glad to tell you more about the work at 
some time in the near future, I hope. I shall be very plad also 
to lunch with you at the first opportunity. 1 trust we can 
arrange a mutually satisfactory date before lonp. 
jl returned from Washington only last Sunday evening. I 
now exbeet to be in Providence most of the time until I po into the 
field npain, probably three or four months.hence» 
I ather cannot see very well now and is becoming very deaf. 
Mother is not able to pet out very much, especially since freezing 
weather arrived. Otherwise things move on about as usual with us. 
We all extend the heartiest greetings of the season to you 
and yours. Cordially, 
