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BROOKS, BANKS & SMITH CORP.,
H.Q. COMMERCIAL AVIATION,
21 SMITH BLOCK, Telephone 16 J
FRAMINGHAM, MASS. U.S.A.

21 Smith Block,
Framingham- April 17th

Dear Brooks,

Well- we fell a lot better today than when we wrote last. Old Dennison paid for his five shares today, and the bank now shows a credit of almost a thousand berries for BB&S. We have not bee able to find Doon in and will not be able to see him until next Tuesday, Monday being a holiday.

While in the hotel today Bill introduced Smith to Van Ness, and evidently Dennison ha[[?]] told him about taking stock in out company, and Van Mess practically gave him an order for an aerial photograph of the Dennison factory Also in the interview with Dennison yesterday he intimated that he would like to go into the Maine Woods this summer by airplane. In addition a real estate man here is open for aerial advertising to sell a parcel of real estate. Things, in general, are looking up considerably more than when we wrote you last. Financing the thing has been and will be a long grind but we shall fe[[?]]l that when it is over we will have something worth a great deal to all of us. The only thing that is worrying us is that Wills will probably come out here to take up passengers before we get our first  machine, which is not at all good for us. However, we can not afford to do the thing in a slip-shod way, and will have to wait until we are properly financed before attempting to do anything. It has developed that Wills is turning over