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May 13, 1889
Hon. Leland Stanford
U.S. Senate
Dear Sir:

Some time ago I wrote to you about a collection of minerals I thought you might wish to buy for the University in California. My brothers and I do not care to hold the collection any longer and I write this to call the matter again to your attention as I know of no other collection in the country presenting so good an opportunity of getting what a new institution would want to start with and could not otherwise