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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL SURVEY
WASHINGTON D. C.,
March 21, 1888.
My dear Mr. Wallace,
I always recall with pleasure your visit to America and my good fortune in forming your acquaintance and conversing with you on so many topics in which we have a common interest, and am glad to learn that you hope to return to America at a day not very distant.
With regard to your son,2 I beg you to consider that he is unknown to me and that I have no knowledge of his qualifications in any manner, but let me assure you that it would be a delight to me to serve you in the way indirectly suggested in your letter. If he is willing to come to America and take a part in our work, at first with little or no compensation, and is willing to grow by hard labor [sic], I should be pleased to put him in the way of learning our methods and of doing work in conjunction with study in such a manner that his abilities would be fully tested; and all my predilections would be in favor [sic] of his appointment and promotion.
[2]3 Having profound reverence for your great contributions to science and high respect for yourself personally,
I am, | Your obedient servant, | J W Powell [signature]
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