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Letter #24 Chicago Aug. 5th, 1904 Dear Mr. Freer, I have decided, to save time and expenses, to go directly home to Mobile from here, this afternoon, instead of later by the round about route via New York. Yesterday I expressed to you the remaining proofs of the photos, with directions for Mr. Gault upon the back. I suppose that he may already have begun his work upon the slides. I am expecting great things from them. My lectures at the University here have proved such a success that a kind of furor seems to have been awakened in the city. It may lead to a petition, backed by subscriptions, from several hundred