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�I spent a day in May 1882 on Indian Island in Oldtown and made a fine collection of plands for my herbarium. I write very poorly now in my 83d year.

Montague Chamberlain was my cousin and I had a pleasant acquaintance with him from 1893 to the time of his death. I suppose you know that his mother or grandmother was an Indian.

Mr. Franklin McDuffee, the author of History of Rochester was a cousin of mine and I have gleaned several Indian names from my copy of his work. I note that you apparently have not given the Indian name of my native town. You will find it on the first page of the Vital Records of Lebanon. I am prepared to give the sources from which it was obtained.

On page 184 you state that Tombegewac Pond is in Lebanon. You say that it is on Lysdtons Grant. I have from the State House in Boston a part of that Grant which appears to me to be in Sanford. These Grants were not a part of the original Township of Lebanon but ten grants were annexed to the Township at later dates.