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ASTOR HOUSE
HOTEL

Astor House Shanghai
W. BRAUEN
MANAGER

TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS
"ASTOR"
CODES USED A.B.C.
5TH EDITION
WESTERN
UNION

Oct 18th/09.

Dear Colonel Hecker-
I arrived here last evening after a very tiring railroad journey of about 800 miles from Peking to Hankow and a most perfect steamboat trip of about 600 miles from Hankow to Shanghai. Six days were required for the 1400 miles, but frequent stops were,

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