My dear sir, I have but a moment to thank you in my own & son's behalf for your kind attentions. Boston 6th Oct. '41 [1841]

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Description: Dana, Richard Henry, Jr., 1815-1882. Two years before the mast (Author/title, Established CS)
Letters to E. R. from members in the academic community, 1841–1859, including Richard H. Dana, Thomas H. Skinner, Stephen H. Syng, Samuel Turner, J. Horford Smith, I. W. Alexander, A. Guyot, Ge Show moreDescription: Dana, Richard Henry, Jr., 1815-1882. Two years before the mast (Author/title, Established CS)
Letters to E. R. from members in the academic community, 1841–1859, including Richard H. Dana, Thomas H. Skinner, Stephen H. Syng, Samuel Turner, J. Horford Smith, I. W. Alexander, A. Guyot, George P. Marsh, and a professor in Berlin.
L-7 1841, Oct. 6 Richard H. Dana of Boston to E. R. in New York. Thanks him for helping to find a publisher for his son's book [Two Years Before the Mast]. Also states that he is negotiating a new and enlarged edition of his own book. Found out that such a work would not sell in London at the present time and therefore Murray would not publish it. Sends greetings to Mrs. Robinson. Show less