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Madison Wisconsin
11 Dec. 1871

Dr. I. A. Lapham,

Dear Sir:

Your
favor containing the photo-
graphs of the 6th fragment
of the Wisconsin Meteorite
is just received. The letter
mentioning the subject
was received several
days since. I did not
reply as I thot [thought] I would
lay the matter before the
President before doing so. It
is our fall vacation, and I
have not seen him to men-
tion the subject. I will lay