Box 11, Folder 5: Correspondence January-April 1873

The Smithsonian Institution,

[black and white illustration Seal: SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. ORGANIZED. A.D. 1846.]

has received from I. A. Lapham, Milwaukee "Annual Address before the Old Letters Club Jan. 6, 1873"

a gift for which it returns a grateful acknowledgment.

Joseph Henry Secy S. I.

Smithsonian Institution, Washington City, U. S. A., March 11, 1873

[Left Page] W. C. Whitford March 17, 1873 Ansd Apr 25

[Right Page] Milton College Milton, Rock Co. March 17, 1873.

Hon. I. A. Lapham

Dear Sir,

It is generaly understood that you will be placed in charge of the Geological Survey of our State, which the Legislature has ordered. On the belief that this will be done, I wish to recommend to you as one of your assistants, Mr A. R. Crandall, now employed in the Scientific department of Harvard University. He graduated here about six years since, and has been engaged as a student and assistant in Prof. Agassiz' department for five years.

He left us with a thorough knowledge of Elementary Geology, Botany, and Zoology, and has since made most commendable progress in these studies. He has been employed by the University in making surveys of portions of Maine, Virginina, Tennessee, Alabama, and Illinois, during the springs and summers.

He is under a conditional appointment to survey for the University a part of the Red River of the North this Summer. He is an enthusiast in the work and excels particularly in Paleontology. His paleontological collections for Harvard rank among the best for accuracy of details and careful discrimination of local beds. He enjoys the high esteem of Prof. Agassiz and [illegible] of the University. They would furnish you with testimonials, which you would regard as satisfactory, I believe.

Mr. Crandall is quite a large sized man, strong, healthy, industrious, and accustomed to out-door labor, such as the survey demands. By his training in the Army, and on these Geological Excursions, he is inured to the hardships and exposures, such as some of the trips in our State will be attended with. I am quite sure that he could be secured on the survey at such time, as you might need his services.

Very respectfully

W. C. Whitford President

Waterville March 19/73

I. A. Lapham Milwaukee

Dr. Sir

The last lot of salmon eggs reached me last evening having come via Milton Junction.

They were [illegible] as good shape as either of the other lots there being 1000 dead eggs out of 13000.

The first lot of salmon are pretty much all hatched the second lot are hatching nicely.

Below please [amt?] I have chgd you on the eggs business being all I have paid out.

Yours truly

H. F. Dousman

I. A. Lapham

Dr To H. F. Dousman

H. F. Dousman Mar 19. 1873

ans'd & check for $10.10 sent