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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]]
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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.