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BOSTON SOCIETY OF NATURAL HISTORY, 
Berkeley Street, 
Boston, Mass., July 27, 190 4. 
Dear Sir,- 
In answer to your card of the 26th, 
I quote from the Council Records of December 
21,1887, "A letter was read from the Curator 
transmitting a letter from Mr.Brewster resign¬ 
ing from his charge of the collection of birds 
and mammals ." 
Mr.Allen has not yet returned from the 
Bahamas. 
Yours sincerely, 
Harriet Biddle. 
Cbvtt. 
Mr. W. Deane . 
