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battle with that fearful disease. It was so sad that the 

 Red Cross and the Zems too had to spend the money 

 that would have gone towards relieving the hungry 

 for the cholera preparations. 



I am very sorry to give you so many bad accounts of 

 our poor country, but we feel also that your sympathy 

 and interest will be a great encouragement for us. 

 This year I shall not be able to accomplish my great 

 desire of visiting your beautiful country, as it is my 

 time of military service. Thank you for your kind 

 remembrance of us all and believe me, dear sir, 



Yours gratefully, 



PAUL A. BOBRINSKOY. 



BOGORODITSK, GOV. OF TULA, RUSSIA, 



12 March, 1893. 



MY DEAR MR. REEVES: 



I am very sorry that I could not find time until now 

 to write and thank you on my own behalf and on 

 behalf of my uncle, R. Pizarefl, for your kind help in 

 our work this second year of famine. 



The Petersburg American Relief Committee, with 

 the Hon. A. D. White at its head, has sent me 3200 

 roubles, R. Pizareff 3600 roubles and my cousin Andrei 

 Bobrinskoy, 3200 roubles, in all 10,000. 



I trust you will transmit to the Mayor of Phila- 

 delphia and to the Philadelphia Committee our very 

 sincere thanks for this most timely help. 



Through you I have also received 70 roubles 50 

 copeks (37 dollars 37 cents) from a Sunday School 



