"George W. Melville,

"_Chief Engineer, U. S. Navy_."

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_Geographers and Educational Publishers._

Many of the geographers and educational publishers of the country have
not only made the necessary changes in their maps of Minnesota, but have
expressed their recognition and acceptance of the GLAZIER discovery in
letters addressed to friends of the Captain and others interested in
arriving at the truth of this important question. Among these may be
mentioned:

Rand, McNally & Company, George F. Cram, and George H. Benedict &
Company, Chicago; Matthews, Northrup & Company, Buffalo; A. S. Barnes &
Company, New York and Chicago; University Publishing Company, New York;
Charles Lubrecht, New York; M. Dripps, New York; W. & A. K. Johnston,
Geographers to the Queen, Edinburgh, Scotland; MacMillan & Company,
London and New York; Nelson & Sons, New York and Edinburgh, Scotland;
Gaylord Watson, P. O'Shea and George H. Adams & Company, New York; W. M.
Bradley & Brother, Philadelphia; School Supply Company, John A. Boyle,
Boston; J. K. Gill & Company, Portland, Oregon; John Lovell & Son,
Montreal, Canada; Map and School Supply Company, Toronto, Canada; F. A.
Brockhaus, Leipsic; A. Hartleben, Wein, Austria; and many others.

The following extracts are from BARNES' COMPLETE GEOGRAPHY by the
eminent geographer, Professor James Monteith:

_Page 4. "Record of Recent Discoveries and Events._

"The source of the Mississippi River is LAKE GLAZIER, a small lake
from which water flows into Lake Itasca, which until recently was
thought to be its source."

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_Page 73. "North Central States (Western Section)._

"Recent surveys have shown that LAKE GLAZIER is about seven feet
higher than Lake Itasca, into which the former discharges its
water; and it is now recognized as the source of the Mississippi
River."

_"Maury's Manual of Geography, University Publishing Company, New York:_

"Page 56. Minnesota is crossed by the ridge or 'Height of Land'
which separates the Valley of the Mississippi from the northern
slope of the Great Central Plain. On this elevation, 1,600 feet
above the sea, both the Mississippi and the Red River of the North
take their rise, the one flowing south and the other no