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Uberlandia (Uberabinha, still, on the map - there ought to be a movement for stability of nomenclature in town names in Brasil) March 14, 1930 
7:15 am
waiting for my trunks
Dear Prof Hitchcock,
I was glad to get your letter of Feb 6 just before leaving Sâo Paulo Wednesday. I reached there Sunday noon, left Wed. evening, busy as a boy killing snakes in the meantime. I shipped a trunkful of pkgs of dried plants to Jardin Botanico to await my return to Rio. Two I couldn't get in, I took to Consul, pkgs 19 and 20. I'll take the rest back with me since I have so many trunks at Rio.
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