Letter from GEORGE PERKINS MARSH to SPENCER FULLERTON BAIRD, dated March 30, 1848.

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Dear Sir

I bought for you Cuvier Dents des Mammifères at $2.75. What shall I do with it? The other books, to my surprise went above your mark,

Yours trulyG P Marsh

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Frédéric Cuvier (1769-1832), a French naturalist and pioneer in comparative anatomy, developed a system of zoological classification. He is the author of Des dents de mannifere(1825), a catolog of the comparative anatomy collections at the Museum d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris.

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Title: Letter from GEORGE PERKINS MARSH to SPENCER FULLERTON BAIRD, dated March 30, 1848.
Author: Marsh, George Perkins, 1801-1882.
Recipient: Baird, Spencer Fullerton, 1823-1887.
Date Created: 1848-03-30
Subject: Baird Spencer Fullerton 1823-1887.
Marsh George Perkins 1801-1882.
Genre: letter
Type: text
Extent: 1 letter
Source Document Location: Original located at the Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C.
Shelf Location: file 7002
Date Captured: 2008-12-06T19:00:01.015Z
Digital Format: image/tiff
Note [Digital Version]: Center for Digital Initiatives, University of Vermont Libraries
Access Conditions: No known copyright restrictions.
Identifier (local): gpmsfb480330
Parent Collections: George Perkins Marsh - Spencer Fullerton Baird Correspondence
George Perkins Marsh Online Research Center
mods_created_date_year_ms: 18480330

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