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Mr L. Stejneger

Dear Sir: Before leaving for St. John. I write to you this few lineas[[?]] in order you may know what I have paid to the men working on the "Yunque trip."
To the old man I paid             $ 1.00
"  "  "  "  that opened the pass    0.75
                                   ______
                                  $ 1.75
Now I made the arrangement
with my men for 87 1/2 [[superscript]]c.s [[/superscript]] the ascent and 75 [[superscript underline]]cs[[/superscript underline]] [[underline]]the descent. each.   [[/underline]] [[horizontal line to right edge of page]]
      [[figures in blue ink]]
[[underline]] 1.62 1/2  91 [[/underline]]
              11.34  [[/end figures in blue ink]]
Discounting [[underline]]11.34[[/underline]] for my men
and [[underline]]1.75[[/underline]] that I paid you-
[[underline]]have to[[/underline]] pay only to the old man [[double underline in blue ink]]$6.81 [[/double underline in blue ink]] 
     [[figures in blue ink below underline]]  4.086 [[/figures in blue ink below underline]]
Please give the [[underline in blue]]
13.09 to Mr. Arcadio [[/underline in blue]] in 
[[figures in blue below underline]] 7.854 [[/figures in blue below underline]]order that he pays my men. 

[[upside down]] Mr. L. Steny [[/upside down]]

Transcription Notes:
Figures in blue have been inserted in three places, in conjunction with those originally in the letter; possibly Mr. Stejneger was doing his own calculations.