Outgoing Correspondence from Robert Ridgway, May 9, 1867

              irving house 12th st near broadway n y may 9th 67 dear father - i have just arrived here but do not stay long leave saturday noon on steamer for panama my outfit could not possibly be any better than it is i will give you a few items of its character to show you more fully how i am equipped 2 maynard guns shot & rifle these cost above 60 apeice and are the best guns in existence 25 lbs finest nr 12 dust shot 50 lbs nr 10 shot 25 lbs " 7 " 25 " " 3 " some larger sizes 20 lbs arsenic > for preserving skins of animals 30 " alum and saltpetre > 50 gallons 98 alcohol- 2 lbs tartar emetic for medicating alcohol 1 lb chrystallized carbolic acid for strengthening alum 6 drachums strychinine in illegible] bottles 1 illegible] homoerparthic vials corked 1 " larger vials 2 & 4 1 corked 10 lbs raw cotton 10 nests round window boxes for nests & eggs corked lined boxes for insects 10 lbs plaster-paris, dozen choke mouse traps " steel-traps for illegible] animals with chests copper-trunks and every t