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The Berkshire Inn Sign of the Golden Lion C. Ticknor & Son Great Barrington, Mass. Also Sign of the Golden Vase The Court Inn Camden, S.C. October 4th, 1916 R. Rathbun, Esq. Asst. Sec., Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C. Dear Mr. Rathbun: Accept, please, my appreciative thanks for your good letter of the 2nd inst. and for the three fine photographs received under separate cover, all of which are very interesting and I feel that your energy with the spade could be equalled only by the steam shovel. My opinion of their respective speed harmonizes entirely with yours, but for your sake I am glad that the shovel run by steam has the major part of the excavating to do. Many business details of the future, will, I fear, call loudly for your mental as well as physical energy, and I trust that you have a liberal supply in reserve.