Charles Scott Venable to Leander J. McCormick, 1870 July 28

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Sends specifications and estimates from Thomas Cooke & Sons, York and London, for a 25-inch refractor telescope and a forty foot dome diameter, with cover letter from C.S. Venable, which also mentions property at Spooner's Hill and a quarry which furnishes excellent sandstone. He also warns McCormick to make sure his contract for the glass of the telescope includes a requirement that all the tests of a good glass be conducted before he accepts it.

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