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THE BERKSHIRE INN [[image]] SIGN OF THE GOLDEN LION C. TICKNOT & SON GREAT BARRINGTON, MASS. ALSO SIGN OF THE GOLDEN VASE [[image]] CAMDEN, S. C. July 25th, 1916 Henry R. Howland, President, American Assn of Museums, Care, Buffalo Society of Natural Scien Buffalo, N.Y. My dear Mr. Howland: Your valued letter of June 20th reached me duly, and I regret this belated reply. Although I had already written to Mr. Rea and named to Mr. Kent the fact that I did not feel that I should accept the post of Honorary President, it occurred to me that possibly after fuller consideration I might find some way in which I could serve the great interests of your Association, and I assure you that in the interim I have given much thought to the subject. On Saturday last, my New York physician came to see me and after a very thorough