LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL 



Smithsonian Institution, 

 Institute of Social Anthropology. 



Washington 25, D. C, June 15, 1945. 



Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith a manuscript entitled "Moche; A 

 Peruvian Coastal Community," by John Gillin. and to recommend that it be 

 published as Publication Number 3 of the Institute of Social Anthropology, which 

 has been established by the Smithsonian Institution as an autonomous unit of the 

 Bureau of American Ethnology to carry out cooperative work in social anthropology 

 with the American Republics as part of the program of the Interdepartmental 

 Committee on Scientific and Cultural Cooperation. 



\'ery respectfully yours, 



Julian H. Steward, Director. 

 Dr. Alexander Wetmore, 



Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution. 



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