Letter from [Ernest Fox] Nichols, Columbia University in the City of New York, to [Joseph] Larmor He has spoken with colleagues about the contents of Larmor's letters, and he does not think any confidence will be violated. They are interested in [Richard Cockburn] Maclaurin after looking him up, and Nichols is writing to [Ernest] Rutherford about him as Larmor suggested. He is also writing to Maclaurin asking him if he would apply on a possible salary of $4,500. He thinks Maclaurin is as good a man as they could get. He weighs other candidates and salaries, with colleagues drawing lines between Maclaurin as a physicist, and Grace as a mathematician. Larmor's substantial help is appreciated by all. 26 May 1907