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Neosho[?] Falls Dec 20 th[underlined]
Woodson Co. Kansas
Robert Kennicott
Dear Sir
Your letter
of Nov. 28 th[underlined] containing circular
is rec'd, I will forward you by
mail a specimen of the mouse
described with the greatest pleas-
ure, They are common upon the
prairie bottoms, I have not had
much opportunity to studay[strikethrough] study
their habits, as it has been but
a short time since I first saw
them, I believe they are less as-[strikethrough]
active and more sluggish then
other species of its kind, I have
noticed several kinds of mice
and moles that seem to differ
from any I have seen elsewhere,
I will send you specimens as
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This letter was probably written in 1858 [Neosho Falls, KS wasn't settled until mid-1857, and Kennicott was collecting in the north (today's Canada) by December 1859]