Letter from Benjamin Smith Lyman to J. Peter Lesley
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Lyman notes that he went to meet the train in case Mr. Lesley was aboard, gives technical details of the testing need for accurately plotting surveyed land, rescinds his request for logarithmic tables on account of having found a book containing them, mentions that there appears to be an error in the map drafts they were given.
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