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[[stamped]] HITCHCOCK AND CHASE LIBRARY
Smithsonian Institution [[/stamped]]

Tuesday Nov 12, 1929
Dear Prof Hitchcock,
A letter from Miss Niles says you arrived in N.Y Oct 25. I hope you had a smooth voyage and that you arrived feeling well. I suppose my letters to you at Kiev marked "Hold" will be coming back for a month.
I went to Jard Bot yesterday, distressed by delay of Mrs. Mexia's boat, and was met by Dona Maria with the news that