NAUTICAL ALMANAC OFFICE,
BUREAU OF EQUIPMENT, NAVY DEPARTMENT,
WASHINGTON, Oct 12, 1891.

G.E. Lumseden
Cor. Secretary etc.

Dear Sir;

I have the pleasure to acknowledge receipt of your eltter of the 10th inquiring if I will accept honorary membership in the Astronomical and Physical Society of Toronto. In reply I beg to assure that I should highly appreciate such an honor.

Very respectfully

Simon Newcomb

Office of J. H. Kedzie,
No. 6. Kedzie's Building
Nos. 120 & 122 Randolph Street.—
Chicago, Ill. Sept. 23^d 1891

Thos. Lindsay Esq.
Cor. Sec. &c.

My Dear Sir

Your esteemed favour of the 11th came duly to hand. I delayed for a few days to see if I could not find time to write an article worthy of your acceptance.

[2 pages of German]

This unintentionally amusing literal translation into barbaric English was done by a member of our Society at the time—it can be found on the last page of the document. One can only hope fellow members restrained him from responding to Dr. Foerster in German of a similar quality.—RR

Berlin, 27^th July 1891

The undersigned director of the Royal Observatory of Berlin acknowledges with best thanks the receipt of the first number of your transactions with report of the year 1890/1.

Customs Department, Canada.

IN YOUR REPLY REFER TO
FILE No 2714.

Ottawa, July 14th, 1891.

G. E. Lumsden Esq,

Corresponding Secretary, The Astronomical & Physical Society,
Toronto.

Sir,

      Referring to your letter of 10th inst. addressed to the Hon: the Minister of Customs, in which you ask that Exchanges sent to you from kindred societies may be admitted without payment of duty,--

MOUNT HOLYOKE
Seminary and College
OBSERVATORY.

South Hadley, Mass., June 13 1891.

Mr. Lumsden,

Sir,

    "Transactions of the Astronomical and Physical Society of Toronto" received. Thank you.

    It gives me pleasure to know that there is so much interest in the society, and that it is in such a flourishing condition.

    With best wishes for further success.

I remain, yours truly,

E. M. Bardwell.

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Naval Observatory,
Washington, June 11, 1891.

Mr. G.E. Lumsden,
    Corresponding Secretary of the Astronomical and
      Physical Society, Toronto, Canada.

Sir:—

    Your letter dated June 3, 1891, and erroneously addressed to Professor S. Newcomb—who is the Superintendent of the Nautical Almanac Office—has been forwarded by that officer to my address.