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[[stamp]] SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION.  DEC 31 1865 [[/stamp]]

Aliteral copy from the original of Kennicotts instructions - Wm H Dall

Steamer Geo. S Wright,
At St. Michaels, Sept. 8, 1865.

Dear Sir,

You are assigned to duty as Chief of Explorations in Russian America. Your party to consist of
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Wm. H Ennis.
Thos. S Denison.
Geo. R. Adams.
F. M. Smith.
Frank E. Ketchum.
J. T. Dyer.
Chas. Pease.
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Michael Lebarge.
Lewis F. Green.
Andrew Grönberg.
Jay Chappel.
O. de Bendeleben.
Richard Cotter.
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Of this party you are chief in Command and will assign to each his respective rank and duty.  Major Pope and party or any part thereof will report to you for duty while in your division. At this place supplies will be left in charge of Storekeeper James, M. Bean, from whom you will draw, giving him receipts for the same.

The object of your explorations is to explore the Kwichpak River, prove whether it is the Yukon and determine how far we can use it for our purposes.  The map accompanying this has the