tions above defined will be duly complied with. 
Yours sincerely, 
(signed) William Brewster. 
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To Professor Alpheus Hyatt, 
Custodian Boston Society of natural History. 
I shall give Mr.Batchelder the opportunity to personally com¬ 
pensate me for the expense connected’ with the acquisition, from Mr.May¬ 
nard, of these birds, but I cannot accept such compensation either from 
the funds of the Society or from any other one of its officers. 
