Transcribe Baird, Spencer Fullerton. Letter to Ward, Henry A. (1876-09-12)

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       With strict economy in the reduction of expenses

here I think we may be able to save something out of the Centennial appropriations, but this I cannot very well ascertain before November.

       I had not the slightest idea that so much

material had been sent by you, or that the cost would be so great -, although of course the speci -mens are worth all the labor that has been spent upon them. Yours Truly, Spencer F Baird Prof. Henry A. Ward. Rochester. N. Y.

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