Hotel Grande Bretagne, 
Athens, April 12, 1899. 
Dear Mr . ito ckhill : 
May I ash the favor of your writing to 
Professor Holmes and asking him if he would he will- 
ing 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 
f 7 hue Dumont Pur vi lie, Paris, letting me know how many 
winters he would require to do the work thoroughly - 
what his plans would he and how much money 'he would re- 
qui r e annual ly . 
Should Mr. Holmes and I come to an under- 
standing I would submit it for approval to Mr. Jesup, 
President of the American Museum of Natural History of 
the City of Hew York, and deposit each year the money re- 
quired with the A. M. 
of H . II . which ha s an ar r an g ern e n t 
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 l/z P.M, We 
leave the ■— Friday by Italian steamer for Corfieu 
and Brinidi, 
