The first annual report of the American Museum of Natural History.

  • American Museum of Natural History.
Date:
1870
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Credit: The first annual report of the American Museum of Natural History. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    has been opened with some of the societies having similar purposes with our own. Efforts are being made to enlist the services of owners and captains of vessels going from our ports, and we hope in this way to add largely to our collections. We are fa- vored with the sympathy of many scientific men in our city, who already take a deep interest in our work, and some of whom have promised at no dis- tant day to add their valuable collections to our Museum. In beginning this enterprise everything has been done to make it worthy of our great Metropolis. Commissioner Green, in his letter herewith annexed, says: “ Permit me to express on behalf of the Park Commissioners their high appreciation of the enlight- ened sentiment that has provided so generously for all interested in this department of science, and, at the same time, the hope that this auspicious begin- ning may, by the continued augmentation of similar liberality, become an unequalled treasury of science, alike honorable to the public spirit of the citizens by whom it has been inaugurated, and an indispensable aid to those engaged in efforts to increase the knowl- edge of the science that it is intended to illustrate.” In closing their Report for the first year, the Trus- tees feel justified in congratulating the subscribers on the marked success that has attended their efforts to meet a great want so long felt by our city. With a continuance of your deep interest, with the cordial aid of scientific men in our midst, and allied as we are in.this effort with the Park Commissioners, we have, if properly supported and aided with funds