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April 24 Friday.
Called on Ridgeway and he found out
from the Gov. Printing Office that one best fn
$1035 had been sold about one year ago to
G. John & Co, Baltimore, Md., in Chester
Biddle, at Chase street. Ridgeway then
Gave me a little of introduction to this
firm and I started after them on the 1:45
P.M. train. Ridgeway's letter reads as
follows:
"Annapolis April 24-1908.
Messrs G. John & Co.
Chester, Chase, at Biddle streets
Baltimore, Md.
Dear Sirs;
This will introduce to you Professor Clark
Schuckert of the Yale University Museum, who
desires to examine into as close the matter
with reference to those lithographic stones
which were included in the contract for re-
producing the illustrations for Monograph
XLIX, N.S., S. I.
Professor Schuckert has been in correspond-
ence with this office from a year in