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were in separate cases to tlieir owners direct, and all other 
packages to me at Madison. 
Notwithstanding their long exposure at Paris and the rough 
handling to which all our goods were necessarily exposed, 
I am happy to state that they arrived safely and are believed to 
have all reached their final destinations in a condition satisfac¬ 
tory to contributors from whose hands they had been received 
in trust more than a. year before. 
The articles sold at Paris were casks of premium flour, con¬ 
tributed by the Messrs. Bertschey, of Milwaukee; leather con¬ 
tributed by Gr. Pfister & Co., Milwaukee, and Messrs. J. J. 
Pierron & Co., of Beloit; and the case of steel hammers con¬ 
tributed by Messrs. Barr & Cox, of Beloit. 
The six elegant gilt-lettered sample boxes for grain, filled 
with good specimens of Wisconsin wheat, rye, barley, oats and 
Indian corn, which were contributed by the Milwaukee Cham¬ 
ber of Commerce, with instructions for their presentation to 
the Chamber of Commerce, of Paris, at the close of the Exhi¬ 
bition, were so presented through the kind intervention of Mr. 
Jas. D. Butler, State Commissioner from Missouri, and also Hon¬ 
orary Member of the U. S. Commission, who remained in Paris. 
The following are copies of the communication to the Presi¬ 
dent of the Paris Chamber of Commerce, tendering the sample 
boxes referred to, and the reply on behalf of that body: 
LETTEP. OP PRESENTATION. 
(Copy.) 
Paris, January 18, 1868. 
Mr. Henry Davillier, I^res. of the Chamber of Commerce of the City of Pane : 
Dear Sir: —lam directed by United States Commissioner, J. W. Hoyt, 
who is also State Commissioner for Wisconsin, U. S. A., to the “Paris Expo¬ 
sition of 186Y,” (and who has returned to America), to present to your 
honorable body for acceptance six cases, or drawers of grain, exhibited at 
the “ Paris Universal Exposition of 1867; ” and donated by the Board of 
Trade of Milwaukee, U. S. A. 1 take great pleasure in being the medium for 
transmission of this offering, and trust its presence in your Chamber may 
prove acceptable and instructive to your members. They represent one 
source of wealth in that great State, which only a few years ago was a wilder 
nis and home of the wild Indian; now its vast acres are cultivated and 
yield to the husbandman large returns for his industry. Please receive the 
assurance of my high regard for your institution and believe me. 
Very respectfully your obedient servant, 
JAMES L. BUTLER. 
Member of U. S. Commission and Commissioner for State 
of Wisconsin to Paris U. Ex. 1867. 
