THOREAU MUSEUM 
OF NATURAL HISTORY 
MIDDLESEX SCHOOL 
CONCORD, MASSACHUSETTS 
Reginald Heber Howe, Junior, Sp. L.S.S. 
MASTER OF NATURAL SCIENCE 
1 90 
September 29 1909 
Dear Dr. Collins 
Thank you very much for y@ur kind note. Like your¬ 
self I am back at w® rk again. I was very'sorry not to see y®u , and 
your collections. I succeeded in collecting at Bristol a good 
supply of material, any duplicates #f which I shall take pleasure 
in sending your herbarium as local State material. I shall net 
get at these for a time, as I am. preparing to send forward with in 
ten days the three last decades ®f Lich. Novae Angliae. 
It was a great pleasure for me to see the college my father 
attended ('66), and to see also your quarters which the janitor 
very kindly <u(mitt ed me to. 
Trusting I may find the opportunity t© drop in ©n you at some 
•*. later time, 
Believe me 
Sincerely yours, - 
To Dr. J .I 1 .Collins . 
