[Letter Presenting Watch to Edward Emerson Barnard]

Frank McConnell and Edward Emerson Barnard were both founding members of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, founded in San Francisco in 1889 while Barnard was affiliated with the Lick Observatory. Barnard’s discovery of another moon of Jupiter, later designated Amalthea, brought him many accolades from the astronomical community. McConnell, a close friend of Barnard and a watchmaker by trade, presented Barnard with a handsome watch to commemorate his friend’s accomplishment.