Gould Benjamin: Signed (1 results)
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Published by NP, Cambridge MA 1885
- First Edition
- Signed
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Add to basketNo Binding. Condition: Very Good. No Dust Jacket. First Edition. A Very Good or better copy of this one-page 20-line handwritten letter dated July 18, 1885 to a Professor ("My dear Professor") at the Peabody Academy at Salem MA from 19th-century American astronomer Benjamin Apthorp Gould (signed "B.A. Gould"). The letter request…s permission for a friend's grandson to shoot birds for collecting purposes, noting that "I should naturally apply here, but Agassiz is away", and that he (Gould) understands that the Peabody Academy can also issue such a permit. Book.