This envelope is addressed to the "Secretary of Peabody Academy of Sciences, Salem, Mass." by "Dr. Samuel G. Dixon from the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, PA." Dixon mistakenly(?) spells "Sciences" as "Sciencis." Although Edward Morse held the position of a director there, not a secretary, these titles are perhaps interchangeable. The envelope bears postmarks of Oct. 3, 1901, in Philadelphia and Oct. 4, 1901, in Salem. That is incredibly quick delivery!
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