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Letter from Frank A. Taylor to George W. Morey asking if Morey will be completing his study of the lens that fall.

Letter from George W. Morey to Frank A. Taylor informing Taylor that they would not be able to measure the glass lens until later in the year.

Letter from Frank A. Taylor to George W. Morey asking if Morey would send measurements of the glass lens to Taylor. Taylor was considering mounting the glass lens.

Letter from George E. Howard to Frank A. Taylor detailing how Howard had created the glass disk for Peate to craft the telescope lens.

Collection of excerpts from newspaper articles published in April and May of 1895 about John Peate's glass lens.

Frank A. Taylor to George W. Morey asking for prints regarding Peate's lens.

Letter from Glenn J. Rouse to Joseph M.M. Gray where Rouse attempts to get Peate's lens appraised by an expert.

Letter from Lucius C. Clark to Clifford Crump after Peate's lens had been tested by the Bureau of Standard Weights and Measure which found the lens in good shape. Clark is also critical of Warner & Swasey Co. as being antagonistic towards the lens.

Letter from Lucius C. Clark to Clifford Crump answering Crump's question regarding the glass lens thickness.

Letter from Lucius C. Clark to Clifford Crump responding to Crump's request to see the lens in person in November 1926.