Transcribe Goode, G. Brown. Letter to Ward, Henry A. (1883-02-03)

UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 2.3.1. UNDER DIRECTION OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION WASHINGTON Feb. 3, 1883 Recd & answered 7th Feb. Professor H. A. Ward: Rochester, N. Y. Dear Professor Ward:

    I am perfectly dis-

courage with the attempt to get the groups of birds into any kind of harmony with our Museum unit of measurement. If I had known that they could not go into cases of the original size, I should have never have thought of ordering them at all. I telegraph- ed you this morning that the table-tops were 32 X 104 inches, and that you could fix the groups