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Letter from James Conant to Linus Pauling. May 20, 1929.
Conant writes to describe the specifics of a job offer that could be made to Pauling by Harvard University.

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SB88 75 DL=TDB CAMBRIDGE MASS 20 1013A

DR LINUS F PAULING, CHEMICAL LABORATORY=

CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY PASADENA CALIF

AM SENDING YOU THIS TELEGRAM ON MY OWN PERSONAL INITIATIVE AND RESPONSIBILITY STOP BELIEVE THERE IS A BARE POSSIBILITY THAT FULL PROFESSORSHIP AT SIX THOUSAND DOLLARS COULD BE OBTAINED IF YOU WOULD AGREE IN ADVANCE TO COME FOR THIS STOP HALL GOING TO WISCONSIN THEREFORE MAY NOW BE POSSIBLE TO APPOINT A SECOND MAN IN YOUR FIELD AT ONCE STOP PLEASE RECONSIDER YOUR DECISION AND WIRE ME THAT YOU WILL COME FOR A FULL PROFESSORSHIP=

JAMES B CONANT.

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