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Answred

Elmira Stark Co April 18^th 1857

Mr Kennicot

Sir

I have just received a Circular
of the Northwestern University Soliciting
collections of Specimen in Natural history and
being desirous of aiding if possible in the inves
-tigation of our Natural History I have concluded
(together with my Nephew Mr George O Boardman)
to make a collection during the coming season
and wishing some further instructions I have
taken the liberty of addressing you on the subject.
1^st can you inform me where I can obtain
a good work on Entomology what author would you
recommend and where can it be purchased. ...
2^nd is there any work published on taxidermy
containing instruction for preparing stuffed specimen
can you inform me of the best manner of
preparing by Arsenic. Will the Society from
time to time give us the Analysis of the
specimen we may send them correct us if
our Alalysis of species be incorrect send us
when desired the name of species that we are
unable to analyse and by that means enable
us to make ^arrange our collection correctly we are
but tyres in the Science of Natural History
but are desirous of learning and of improving [illegible]