Letter, 1866.

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Letter, 1866.

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Letter written May 11, 1866, in Cambridge, Mass., responding to a letter from Otto Cuntz (consul of Grand Duchy of Oldenburg for Massachusetts) about requests for publications by German botanist Franz Buchenau. Includes discussion of the policies of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences concerning exchange of publications with other learned societies.

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