Letters, 1869-1874.

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Letters, 1869-1874.

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Correspondence with Welch, Bigelow & Co., of Cambridge, Massachusetts, concerning Baird's 1875 publication, "A History of North American Birds." This volume was written with Thomas M. Brewer and Robert Ridgeway.

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Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887

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At only 27, the ornithologist Spencer Fullerton Baird (1823-1887) was appointed Assistant Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, a precocious appointment that suited a precocious scientist. Born into a well to do family in Reading, Pa., and raised in Carlisle, Baird acquired an interest in natural history even prior to enrolling at Dickinson College at age 13. Although he was not an outstanding student, he was unusually committed to his course in life, keeping meticulous notes of ...

Ridgeway, Robert, 1850-1929.

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Brewer, T. M. (Thomas Mayo), 1814-1880

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Welch, Bigelow & Co.

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