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for future operations and finally locating the very best line in time to do a good deal of work this fall and certainly have all the poles on the ground before next spring.
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The plan we talked of here [[strikethrough]] was [[/strikethrough]] at first was pretty much the same except so far as it was modified by his sending me in via Frazer River - this being required ^[[he said]] from the position to supply [[?]] ocean transportation.
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The telegrams I prepared to send to the Directors were written principally with the view [[strikethrouigh]] to [[/strikethrough]] of urging upon them the necessity of more energy in supplying money and so permitting Col B to [[strikethrough]] g [[/strikethrough]] purchase the vessels he needed - He wanted to buy the Calafornia - as he undoubtedly ought to have done tho for some reason the directors objected

Transcription Notes:
jeni92127 reviewed 29 Sept 2017 - For the "^[[he said]]" entry, this was an insertion. The whole note is handwritten - For the "[[?]]" entry, the word is "proper"