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Hotel Grande Bretagne,
Athens, April 12, 1899.

Dear Mr. Rockhill:
May I ask the favor of your writing to Professor Holmes and asking him if he would be willing to make a thorough exploration of Palenque, similar to those of Schliemann at Troy in Greece.
Would you please ask him to write to me at #7 Rue Dumont Durville, Paris, letting me know how many winters he would require to do the work thoroughly - what his plans would be and how much money he would require annually.
Should Mr. Holmes and I come to an understanding I would submit it for approval to Mr. Jesup, President of the American Museum of Natural History of the City of New York, and deposit each year the money required with the A. M. of N. H. which has an arrangement with Mexico by which it can make explorations and take away duplicates (if found) of different objects and make casts of the others.
Yours sincerely,
/s/ LOUBAT

Will you give me the pleasure of your company at dinner either today or tomorrow at 7 1/2 P.M.  We leave the — Friday by Italian steamer for Corfieu and Brinidi.