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“That memorable ride out on the prairie,” 1907

In one of the very first posts I ever wrote here, I talked about finding the receipt for Dr. Lovett’s travel expenses to Houston that he sent back to the Rice Institute business manager, A.B. Cohn, after his interview trip:

Last week I ran across the letter to Mr. Cohn that accompanied the receipt—in a completely different collection, of course.

I believe they went out looking at possible sites for the Institute and I wonder very much what Mr. Lummis had to say.

Bonus:

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