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Messrs. De Ford Sc Co., 
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S&n Juan, Porto Ribo. 
This letter will introduce to you Professor William 
H. Holmes, of the Smithsonian Institution, ifc Washington. 
Professor Holmes goes to Cuba and Porto Rico on business 
connected with the Institution, and we commend him to your 
courtesy and consideration. k© carries our seven drafts on the 
Bank of America, Hew York, for Fifty Hollars ($50.) each, numbers 
35,103 to 35,109 inclusive, payable to his order. ™>e will thank 
you to cash any or all of these drafts for Professor Holmes, in 
caseof need, and, as a means of ident if icatlon, refer to his 
signature at the foot of this letter. 
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