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<div class="mw-parser-output"><p>[page 1]
M. S. M. M.
Washington, Jan 24th 1883.
</p>
<pre> " 29th
</pre>
<p>My dear Professor Ward:
</p>
<pre> Yours of three days ago with
</pre>
<p>one from Mr Webster came yesterday. I showed
both to Mr Lucas today, & I think he intends to
write yoou tonight, although his opinions and mine
are practically the same. The more I think of it
the more certain I am that Mr Carnegie can be
induced without <u>any</u> pressure whatever, to advance
us $500. and not care for any interest in the
profits. I am <u>certain</u> he will do it if you will
go to line with me and say that you propose to
furnish a like sum and manage the finances
of the affair. He might hesitate to advance so
large a sum to <u>boys</u> alone., especially after they
had made one financial failure! I am sure
you will see the force, the necessity, of our having
you at our backs. Now I am ready to go to New
York any day, provided he is there, to settle the
question. I think I know how to lay the
matter before him in acceptable shape. If you
will write me a letter that I can show to him,
declaring that you will furnish $500. if we can
raise $500. more and will be on hand to
help make the thing a <u< financial</u> success so
that all this money can be <u>returned</u>. I will get
another letter, from Professor Baird if he will
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give it me, which I feel sure he will, ------
and, armed with these I will go with
confidence. I will ask Mr Carnegie to place
<s> his</s> the fund he advances in your hands, &
will have a written memorandum all ready
& signed stating the money advanced
shall be repaid at the close of the Ex. from the
receipts, or as much of it as the receipts will
cover, pro rate to both parties.
</p>
<pre> As you know <u>well</u> by this time I am sick
</pre>
<p>and tired of Studer, and <u>nothing</u> would give me
greater pleasure than to give him the grand
bounce. Let him resign and -----, <u>now</u>. Since
any where. If we get the money from Mr C.
I would not have Studer have a finger in the
pie for the world. If we <u>can't</u> get it, well, I
doubt if Studer would pay a <u>dollar</u> out for
freights, especially <u>return</u> freights! Suppose you
let Studer sweat now for awhile. He wrote
Lucas that unless he was "vested with full
powers of the 1st <u>prox.</u>" he would publicly
resign (or withdraw, whichever it was) and
the contemptible polt? compared the
society to a bursted bank in that it had
failed to meet its agreements with him. Think
of that after the Astor House meeting. I
think Studer dishonest, and therefore I would
only conset to his continuance at the head of
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affairs <u>as a last result</u>. I would then sub-
mit to it with as good grace as possible for the
good of the cause. But with<s>out</s> !000 and <u>without</u>
Stude3r, yours truly would flap his wings joyously
and sail in. I believe I could do just as
good planning as Studer, now, <s>& execute it all too</s>.
</p>
<pre> Mr Webster asks how many books the S. A. T.
</pre>
<p>owes Studer for. So far as I know <u>one</u> only,
which you have <u>more</u> than paid him for in that
column book notice. The one I have I have
<u>fully</u> paid for by doing chores for Studer at
the Institution, & writing up his book notice.
He can just bet his sweet life he will never
see this book again, nor any further returns for it.
</p>
<pre> Now Professor, I do hope you won't let
</pre>
<p>any thousand miles on this continent keep you
from helping us through that N. Y. affair by
your presence, your advice and your influence.
We ,u>must</u> have you for President of that Board
of Ex. Commissioners. Dr Holder, Dr Prince & Mr
Beard are <u>willing </u> to help, but they won't feel
like being directed by <u>boys</u>. I don't see how
the Ex. can be made a financial success
without you to plan for <u>drawing the crowd</u>.
</p>
<pre> This may have a <u>very</u> great influence on
</pre>
<p>your further sales of stuffed animals in N. Y. and
it seems to me <u>now</u> is your time to work up the
necessary interest in the subject. Make your
trip wait for the Exhibition. Next year you
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will be surprised to see what a deep interest
Prof's Baird, ?, Dr Cones, Dr Gill & other
great guns take in our poor little poverty -
stricken society. Prof Goode says he proposes
to prepare & read at our Gen'l meeting (1884) an
essay, on the Importance to Museums of the
work of the Society, & the necessity & duty
devolving upon all museum men to help support
it. Stay & see us through in N.Y. We want
to have everything planned out so that things
will move off like clock work, & so that we
cannot fail, financially. With you on the ground
we will fear nothing. There will be a good
corps of workers there, and we will make a sensa-
tion. We need you to advise us generally, & to take
care of <u>the press in particular</u>.
</p>
<pre> Please let Mr Webster see this,for I have not
</pre>
<p>time to write him separately. Tell him we would
rather have him increase & glorify his exhibit
than to lend the Society $50. <u>by far</u>.
</p>
<pre> I send you a Report. Please send me a
</pre>
<p>copy of the <u>Bulletin</u> if you have one you
can spare, also 2 copies of Bulletin <u>No 2</u> and
2 of <u>No. 4.</u> _ <u>very urgent</u>
Yours most truly
W. T. Hornaday
Hand change Right margin
<u>Hornaday</u>
Jan. '83
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Ward Project Team Members
Robert Minckley
Melissa S. Mead
Pennilyn Higgins
Marcy Strong
Blair Tinker
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Lisa Wright
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<div class="mw-parser-output"><p>Goguae Lake Battle Creek, Mich.
July 5th 1883
.Dear Professor Ward:-
</p>
<pre> Up the last moment f leaving
</pre>
<p>Washington I tried for an opportunity to write
ou as requested, but we were so driven that we
caught the train with only </u one minute > to spare.
We arrived here Monday night, Yesterday we
moved out here & had a regular time of it
getting settled. Now I am ready for business.
</p>
<pre> I saw Ridgeway & told him you wanted all
</pre>
<p>the birds obtainable, few or many. He promised
to see how many were really available and
forward them without delay. It was not in my
power to get the birds & send them or I would have
done it. I asked Palmer </u immediately > what you
requested & he promised an answer the next
day.- Saturday. He failed to give either the name
of the porpoise , which is in considerable doubt, or
a list of what he could furnish you with prices
He </u says > that Prof Baird has given him per-
mission to make as many casts of porpoises as
he wants to and sell them on his own a/c - from
the moulds belonging to the Institution. I told Mr
P. that </s if > he must send you the list at once.
</p>
<pre> Your white whale is done at last, all except
</pre>
<p>the pedestal, ^I think^ and it makes a fine, showy specimen.
Mr Lourie feels the shortcomings of the Institution
regarding your casts, & is of the opinion that it would
be hardly worth while to offer you any more casts
in exchange. But I should think you might turn a
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<div class="mw-parser-output"><p>cast of our little 5 1/2 ft manatee to good account.
for it </s is > was a perfect "daisy" in the flesh.
</p>
<pre> I have found it an utter </u impossibility > to get
</pre>
<p>the Extermination of Mammals. With time enough I can
get an interesting article out of it, but it cannot be
done by main strength! I collected all the statistics I
could - got just enough to see what a pity it would be
to botch such a subject,
</p>
<pre> As to the Guacharo Bird I am in doubt. I have
</pre>
<p>the whole thing, written out for the A. A. A. S. in 1876.
but if it is published in the Bulletin I can't have
it for the Companion, which will lose me $25!
</p>
<pre> I enclose however in lieu of the above "Capybara
</pre>
<p>Hunting in the Orinoco" which may be useful, & again
very not? If so take it with my blessing. My
head is full of my serial story &</u the book > to such an
extent I cannot </u think > on any subject the least bit
scientific or connected with natural history. But I will
not forget you & will send whatever else I can grind out
fir to print.
</p>
<pre> The elephant's foot may may go to Washington, but
</pre>
<p>you had better not send it until I first send you
something for the Bulletin. I will try my best
to do </u something > more, but just now I feel unusually
barren & unfruitful of printable ideas.
Yours faithfully as ever,
W. L. Hornaday
Address me care of
Box 513, B. Creek.
[ybg]
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Robert Minckley
Melissa S. Mead
Pennilyn Higgins
Marcy Strong
Blair Tinker
Joe Easterly
Joshua Romphf
Lisa Wright
University of Rochester
University of Rochester
500 Joseph C. Wilson Boulevard
Rochester, NY 14627
2015
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in the transcriptions and underlining and strikethroughs have been encoded.
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Our Duty to the Taxidermists' Society
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