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English: Letter from Dr. John Evans, U.S. government geology agent in the Oregon area, to Joseph Leidy of Philadelphia, dated November 25, 1859
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The Port Orford, Oregon, Meteorite Mystery published by Smithsonian Institution Press, 1993, page 16

https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/818/SCES-0031.pdf
Author Dr. John Evans, died 1861

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