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The [[image]] New York World 
Editorial Rooms.                      
January 12, 1917.

Miss Ruth Law,
Hotel Aberdeen,
New York City

My dear Miss Law:

We are handing you herewith a note of introduction to our London correspondent, with instructions to him to give you every assistance in your effort to procure a suitable aeroplane in Europe. We are giving you this cooperation with the agreement between ourselves that, in the event of your finding it possible to purchase and obtain permission to export to the United States an aeroplane which is superior in speed and carrying capacity to existing American types, The World will furnish you financial assistance to purchase such a machine and bring it to America.

It is agreed that unless it is possible to obtain such a machine for export you are to defray the expenses of your trip abroad yourself.

The World will finance your undertaking to the extent of the actual necessary expenditures for the trip of yourself and your husband to Europe and return; the cost of the machine and the expense of its flight in one direction between the Pacific Coast and New York,- in a total amount not to exceed Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.), in consideration of the following:

1. If The World so desires and the necessary permission can be obtained, you will before returning from Europe with the machine, undertake a flight between London and Paris under the auspices of this paper.

2. You will make the flight [[strikethrough]] from New York to the Pacific Coast, or [[/strikethrough]] from the Pacific Coast to New York, under the auspices of The World some time during 1917 before July 1st the time to be at the option of this paper - and furnish exclusively to this paper for such sale and distribution as it may require all information and interviews concerning such flight.

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