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Aldine Hotel, Philadelphia,
June 14th 1919.

Dear Richmond

I landed today at Brooklyn & turned 4 cases of specimens (kerosene boxes) over to the Customs on the pier for shipment to Museum. They were taken to Warehouses corded & sealed. One box had got broken on voyage but think nothing was lost.

Please communicate with proper authorities as soon as possible for the cases to be transhipped to Washington. There are some epiphytes in one case (orchids and tillandsias) still living--as they are from high elevations they may prove interesting. Am enclosing herewith some notes on birds of S.D. Am writing to Dept. of State to get my passport renewed. I want to go back to S.D. in less than 3 weeks. It might help to get your corresp. dept. jog the dept. of State on the subject. Also I want to take some more ammunition down to San Domingo with me. I will need [[strikethrough]]new[[/strikethrough]] permit same as before from State (or War Dept.)
[[2 columned table]]
|to take |500 12 bore shot cartridges|
|[[blank]]|500 320 bore shot cartridges for aux.|
|[[blank]]|one 12 bore shot gun|
|[[blank]]|one aux. barrel|

You will find many things to please you in this last lot--but nothing new.

I got one Microligea palustris (montana?) & one pair of Oreopeleia leucometopon.

Will come down to Washington after the 4 boxes arrive--about June 17th or 18th.

Hope you keep fit.

Yours very truly
(Signed) W. L. Abbott.

P.S. I am just wild to get back to S.D. and do the islands on s. coast and the lakes & Mt. de Selle region.