#  Specimens of Natural History & Scripts 

 



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Touch the above image to view the original inventory of [**stone and fossils**](/file_url/168) purchased from A. E. Day.

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Touch the above image to view an 1896 [**letter from Merrill offering his antiquities**](/file_url/169) for Lyon’s consideration.

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Touch the above image to view an An 1896 letter from [**Merrill discussing his collection**](/file_url/171).

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Touch the above image to view Lyon’s 1898 Diary entry reporting the [**delivery of the Merrill Collection by wagon**](/file_url/173).

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Touch the above image to view a series of [**letters from dealer (Vester)**](/file_url/175) discussing the collection of wood specimens purchased by Lyon.