Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections
Format: Paperback
ISBN13: 9781153161459
Paperback|9781153161459
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1910 edition. Excerpt: ...had to give up the task as hopeless. I have been fully discharged from the trust; my accounts all settled, all found correct, no extra charges, no disputed items, no suspended ones, () no any thing of that sort, and in the end I had a letter from the Secretary of the Treasury in which he was pleased to speak of the fidelity, care, promptness, &c., &c., with which the whole matter had been conducted, and to hear verbally when at Washington of your judicious and commendable assistance to me. But O what a little uproar would have been raised if we had not kept the main fund as undiminished as possible; even our old friend Mr. Adams would not have spared us you may be sure. It is well that we saved it from the usual mercantile pickings. I hope my son showed you the documents published by Congress on the subject. I would have sent you a copy of them also, had I been able to procure one. With renewed and kindest remembrances to you all, I am, my dear sir, Ever sincerely yours, Richard Rush. () (The accounting officers wanted to suspend one item, a sum I had paid Mr. Brent, consul at Paris, under express directions from the department; but I said no, I will give up the item first--I will have a final and full clearance, and got it--and the item allowed too) (Upon reverse: ) Sydenham, nr. Philada., 18 May, 1839. R. 19th June. A. 23d Augt. Richd. Rush. DESCRIPTIONS OF SOME NEW SPECIES AND A NEW GENUS OF AMERICAN MOSQUITOES By HARRISON G. DYAR And FREDERICK KNAB Of Thb U. S. Department Of Agr1culture The following new forms are characterized for insertion in the forthcoming monograph of Culicidae by Dr. L. 0. Howard and the present authors. The present paper is in continuation of one recently published by us in Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol....
| ISBN-13 | 9781153161459 |
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| ISBN-10 | 1153161451 |
| Weight | 1.60 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 1.11 In |
| List Price | $27.09 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 498 pages |
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| Published On | 2010-01-01 |
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