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Chicago. Nov 13
Dear Bob.
I shall raise the
$50. sure. All that
I dont get by tax
& Donation I shall raise
by lectures about the
beginning of December.
& Blaney will donate the
alcohol. The boys
are all well. I have
found a first rate
Mineralogist who
takes hold and works
well. He is an educated
German. Geologist
Foster is has taken
Wilson's post in the
T. C. R. R. Land Dept.
We must ring him in
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The abbreviations in the second to last line read "I.C.R.R." for Illinois Central Rail Road, where geologist John Wells Foster served briefly in the Land Department. This letter was written in 1858, as John Wells Foster took over the role of Land Commissioner for the railroad from John Wilson in November 1858.