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[[preprinted]] Universal Exposition St. Louis, 1904 Division of Exhibits Frederick J.V. Skiff, Director Department of Anthropology W.J. McGee, Chief David R. Francis, President WM. H. Thompson, Treasurer Walter B. Steven, Secretary Franklin Ferriss, General Counsel S.M. McCowan, U.S. Superintendent Government Indian Exhibit F.W. Lehmann, Chairman Committee on Anthropology Pierre Chouteau, Chairman Committee on History ADDRESS ALL COMMUNICATIONS TO THE CHIEF OF DEPARTMENT St. Louis, U.S.A. ^[[March 10, 1904.]] [[/preprinted]] My dear Miss Fletcher: Barring error, you are about this time pondering an invitation to preside at a session of the World's Congressof Arts and Sciences in the Section of Ethnology; and I merely wish to express the judgment that you should, if at all practicable, accept this honor and duty, of course wholly in the interests of American ethnology and anthropology. Believe me to remain, Yours cordially, [[signature]] W J McGee [[/signature]] Chief. Miss Alice C. Fletcher, 214 First Street, S.E. Washington, D.C.