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Royal and Distinguished Patronage

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Telephone No 410 
Opposite British Hd. Qrs

Government contractors, 
Army agents, 
General Merchants, 
Forwarding and Shipping Agents
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Condon & Co 
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Confiance
Cairo Egypt

Auctioneers, 
House, Land, Estate and Commission Agents 
Cigarette Manufacturers. &c. &c. &c.
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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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