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Thoro will iilso ])o a couple of tons for Dr. LcM-riuo. whom you will 

 prol)ably tind at Unalaklik wliou you get there. lie is in the employ 

 of the Government, and you ean safely take an order from him on his 

 salary. 



The a})ove does not include an order of Mr. AV. T. Lopp. at Cape 

 l*rinee of Wales. 



To sum up the matter, what will you delivei' f reitrht for on shore for 

 the (xovernment and the mission stations and individuals formerly 

 connected with the Government, per ton. ship measurement, at Una- 

 laklik. Norton Sound, Golovin Bay. Cape Nome neighborhood, St. 

 Lawrence Island, and Cape Prince of Wales? 

 Very respectfully, yours, 



Sheldon Jackson, 

 United States Ge7ieral Agent of Education in Alaska. 

 Capt. B. CoGAN, 



JfJf, East Street.) San Erancisco. 



San Francisco. 2lay 6', 1S99. 

 Sih: In reply to your comiiuuiication of May 0. inquiring concerning 

 freight to Bering Sea ports, I will carrj- and land on shore freight 

 for the several mission stations, including Mr. Kjellman and the Lapps 

 at Unalaklik. Golovin Bay. Point Rodney. Cape Prince of Wales, and 

 St. Lawrence Island, for ^lo per ton, ship measurement. 

 Very truly, yours, 



B. CoGAN. 



Dr. Sheldon Jackson, 



United States General Agent of Education in Alaska. 



May (), 181>0. . 

 Sir: 1 have the honor to report that I have this day arranged with 

 Capt. B. Cogan, of the bark Alad'a, w^ho will take the freight for the 

 reindeer stations and mission societies along the northern coast of Ber- 

 ing Sea for th(> sum of ^lo a ton, ship measurement. 



1 have also arranged with J. S. Kimball Co. , 2'2 Market street, San 

 Francisco, to deliver female reindeer at Cape Prince of Wales, Port 

 Clarence, or Capo Nome, to replace those taken by the Government 

 for the whalers, at the rate of §25 per head. 



I have also met a tiriu in San Francisco — Roth. Blum cVc Co. — who have 

 dealings with Petropaulofski, and from them will take letters of intro- 

 duction that may be of assistance when I get to the Siberian side. The 

 freight will leave San Francisco about the 20th of May. 

 Very respectfully, yours, 



Sheldon Jackson. 

 Hon. W. T. Harris, LL. D.. 



Commissioner of Education. \V<i.slil ngton., D. C. 



