Transcribe Lucas, Fred A. Letter to Ward, Henry A. (1882-08-05)

if you can give me an idea of what is to b identified. Ads for Joe methinks he will try Washington. You see I </u must > have an assistant, and I do not know fir^s^tly wheter they will send out work, or secondly whether they would send it out and give me an assistant also. This last is doubtful in the extreme However we will talk rhis over when I see you. Drop me a line in reply to this telling me if I am to consider myself as booked for Nw York. H. has been picking out small mammal skins for you to-day, Mr True have left instructions to that effect. The large mammals - excepting </u Histriopbroca > Prof. Goode decides must wait until Mr. True's return. Very truly your's Fred A. Lucas