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Royal and Distinguished Patronage [[image]] Telephone No 410 Opposite British Hd. Qrs Government contractors, Army agents, General Merchants, Forwarding and Shipping Agents [[image]] Condon & Co [[image]] Confiance Cairo Egypt Auctioneers, House, Land, Estate and Commission Agents Cigarette Manufacturers. &c. &c. &c. [[image]] [[image]] Telegrams: Congdon-Cairo A.B.C. Code. 5th edition Cairo, 20th Sept [[strikethrough]] Aug. [[/strikethrough]], 1909 Dear Sir- We beg to inform you that under instructions for Mr. Nahman of this city, that we have shipped 3 cases antiquities by S.S. "Istria," from Suez via Hamburg to New York, consigned to the Controller of the Port, to whom we have sent the Bill of Lading & Consular invoice, asking him to clear & send on to the Smithsonian Institution at Washington. We have also written to the Director of that Institution, & sent the Insurance Policies (2) in case they should be required - Enclosed please find our account of expenses at this end (£ 25-3-11 [[strikethrough]] 24-22 [[/strikethrough]]) which we shall feel obliged, if you will remit to us by return. With every compliment We are Yours faithfully [[stamp]] J. W. CONGDON & Co. per. [[/stamp]] M.D. J. M. Kennedy Esq. 915 Union Trust Building Detroit Michigan U.S.A.
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