Transcribe Cowan, Frank. Letter to Ward, Henry A. (1879-01-20)

nwh [page 1] Office of Frank Cowan's Paper. Greensburg, Pa.>/em> 20 Jan 187 9. Prof Henry A Ward Hand change 23 "7 Elect. cost $3.75" Rochester, Pa Dear Sir: I am in acct of the cut of the Mammoth in good condition, for which accepting thanks.

       I have in preparation a little

work entitled "Man among the Beasts and Birds of the Olden time in song and Story," and, of course I must have in illustrater. I have selected the following illustrations from the "catalog of costs of fossils," Rochester,1866, which, please let me have the price of the reproduction in elec- trotype. Possibly you have other cuts of animals with which man is supposed to have ^been^ contemporary = if so, and you think they might serve my purpose, indicate them. >1. The cut of the Neanderthal skull (?) on page 3. >2. The cut of the Machairotus on page 6