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July 6, 1956

Collector of Customs
Port of New York
New York, N. Y.

Dear Sir:

On May 2nd I returned to New York from which I departed on a West Indian cruise on March 2nd, 1956, bringing with me [[strikethrough]] three [[/strikethrough]] ^[[3]] bottles of liquor, [[strikethrough]] seven [[/strikethrough]] ^[[(figures?) 7]] of wine, and nine of rum, with some other personal trinkets totalling a little over $100 in value. Five ^[[5]] of the bottles of rum were brought in by me for a friend who flew back from St. Croix, Dr. Albert C. Smith.  He included the[[strikethrough]] m [[/strikethrough]] ^[[se]] on his Customs declaration, which baggage and entry had the No. 1414280 and entered above this number in long-hand N-21787. This paper was awaiting me at the Long Island dock where the [[double underlined]] Alcoa Runner [[/double underlined]], on which I returned, expected to discharge her passengers and cargo, but it so happened that the dock was occupied and we were put ashore at Bay Ridge, Long island, where one of your offices came aboard to check our belongings. The receipt I have from him carries the Customs declaration No. 428011 signed by A. H. Hanson and covered all the liquor I had with me, including the five ^[[5]] bottles that Dr. Smith had previously declared. I had nothing at the time to prove my contention that this was being brought in for another man and consequently paid the liquor tax insisted upon [[strikethrough]] 11 [[/strikethrough]] amounting to $15.64.

Under the circumstances, I believe I am entitled to a refund of the tax charge for five ^[[5]] of the bottles of rum, namely, those belonging to Dr. Smith. I hope you can check on this matter without too much difficulty. If you need the copy of Dr. Smith's declaration, I can send it on to you as well as a rough draft of the one that I prepared.

Sincerely