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[[preprinted]] IN REPLY ADDRESS NOT THE SIGNER OF THIS LETTER, BUT

HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE
NAVY DEPARTMENT
WASHINGTON, D.C.

[[seal for the Hydrographic Office, U.S. Navy]]

REFER TO NO. [[/preprinted]]
Nav-12-PRJ
[[preprinted]] HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. [[/preprinted]]

[[stamped]] CONFIDENTIAL [[/stamped]]

Encl.

October 22, 1941.

Dear Dr. Schmidt:

I am returning herewith the letters and photographs covering the Galapagos Islands which you so kindly loaned to me.

Your courtesy in lending me these documents is greatly appreciated.

Very sincerely,
[[signature]] G.S. Bryan [[/signature]]
G.S Bryan,
Captain, U.S.Navy (Ret.),
Hydrographer.

Dr. Waldo Schmidt,
Smithsonian Institute,
Washington, D. C.