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FOREST AND STREAM PUBLISHING CO.
PUBLISHERS AND IMPORTERS OF BOOKS ON OUTDOOR SPORTS
CABLE ADDRESS, FORESTRIM, N. Y.
346 BROADWAY
Address all Communications to the Company
New York August 7th, 1907.
My dear Wadsworth:-
I feel ag if the Boone and Crockett Clufc’3 collection of hunting arms ought to have a full 3erieo of the rifles^at least^which are manufactured by the important concerns of thi3 coiffitry, ar.d the only way of getting then that I know of, is to ask the people to give them, to us. Are you willing to become a party to such er. immodest proceeding, and will you authorize lie to send out to leading manufacturers of rifles a letter built somewhat on the linos of the enclosed, si^ed with your name 7
The firms that I think of to whom such a letter should be sent would be the Winchester, Marlin, Savage, Stevens, Hopkins & Alletfi and possibly the Colt, though I am not sure that the Colt make any rifles now.
I have received a gun or two, and have the promise of, a few more, but the collection will have to grov; faster than it i3, if we are to have anything to e’xhibit.
Yours sincerely,
mj
Major W. A. Wadsworth,
Cer.eseo,
N. Y.
Boone and Crockett Club Records (Mss 738), Archives and Special Collections. Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library. University of Montana-Missoula.