Allegheny Observatory,
Allegheny, Pennsylvania.
Jan 17, 1894
G. E. Lumsden, Esq.
Corresponding Secretary of the
Astronomical and Physical Society of Toronto.
My Dear Mr. Lumsden,
I beg that you will convey to the members of the Society my most sincere thanks for the honor they have done me in electing me to honorary membership, and to assure them of my appreciation of this mark of their esteem.