[Letter, 1922 December 7] : Chicago, Illinois, [to] John T. McCutcheon, Chicago, Illinois / [Cyrus McCormick].

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[Letter, 1922 December 7] : Chicago, Illinois, [to] John T. McCutcheon, Chicago, Illinois / [Cyrus McCormick].

McCormick declines the position as governing member of the Chicago Zoological Society. His relative, Edith Rockefeller McCormick, donated land and money to build the Brookfield Zoo.

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