John q. adams 
ROBERT B. Adams 
WILLIAM P. Adams 
^rntlf^rs Sc 
FAIRVIEW FARM 
ODEBOLT. IOWA. 
September 20th, 1928 
Mr. Waldo L. Schmitt, 
Curator of Marine Invertebrate, 
National Museum, Smithsonian Institute, 
Vi/ashington, D. C» 
Dear Sir: 
The writer and a friend are going to make a trip around 
the East s.nd west Coast of South America in November, and 
want very much to go from Valparaiso to the Island of Juan 
Fernandez, but seem unable to get any information whatever 
from the Steamship Companies regarding the vessels and manner 
of getting over, the accommodations when v.fe get there and on 
the vessel, and I am wondering if you would be good enough to 
give us some short detail as to who we go to in Valparaiso to 
find out about this small vessel going over to the Island, 
dates of sailing, and who we shall go to for board and lodging 
at the Island, and any other information you may see fit to 
give us I assure you we shall be deeply appreciative of. 
Thanking you in advance for your kindness, I am 
Yours very truly 
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