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^[[LETTER # 41]] [[image: letterhead for Carlton Hotel, including crest. CARLTON HOTEL, PALL MALL LONDON.]] ^[[ [[underline]] omit [[/underline]] ]] July 21st - 1899 My Dear Colonel:- Your two letters of June 26th and 30th reached me on arrival here yesterday I am pleased indeed to have so much news from you- Stocks seem to have had a bad shaking up all round and I fancy that purchasing Kentucky Whiskey shares was about as bad a move as I could have made- ^[[67]]