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1 ^[[6223]] [[round blue ink stamp]] SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION. JUN 25 1865 [[/round blue ink stamp]] [[stamp repeated on left corner]] [[preprinted]] Agency Pacific Mail Steamship Co. San Francisco ^[[June 3rd]] 186[[/preprinted]5 Dear Prof Baird Im half sorry I sent off the long letter to you this morning as it only tells part of the story and yet says more in some respects than may be desirable - i.e. in inference to the misunderstanding between Buckley and myself in regard to my making a heavy operation on the Youkon. - Having said so much I had better add that I suspect Buckley did not realize ^[[at first]] the fact that I did not want any of the credit for telegraphic work