Letter from SPENCER FULLERTON BAIRD to GEORGE PERKINS MARSH, dated December 12, 1874.
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My Dear Mr Marsh.
Yours of the 20 is at hand, with its enclosure, for which Lucy begs me to thank you. She has rather got over her craze for stamps, & indeed now denies ever having had any for this branch of collection, being more interested in ancient Rome than in modern stamps. Such things, however, answer a good purpose in propitiating friends who have favors to confer.
I have sent you my new Report on the fisheries which I think you will find of interest, especially in its reference to yourself in connection with the early history of the artificial stockin[g] of the waters.
Sincerely Yours,Spencer F. BairdHon. Geo.P. Marsh.U.S. MinisterRome, Italy.
References in this letter:
U.S. Bureau of Fisheries, Report of the Commissioner for 1872 and 1873: inquiry into the decrease of the food-fishes; the propagation of food-fishes in the waters of the United States. Washington, DC, 1874. (Misc. docs. 42nd Congress, 3rd session, Senate, no. 74).
George Perkins Marsh, Report on the Artificial Propagation of Fish. Made under the Authority of the Legislature of Vermont. Burlington, VT, 1857.