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J. BRUCE BREDIN 
P. O. Box 87 
Wilmington, Delaware 
October 17 , 1955 
Dr. Leonard Carraichael 
Smithsonian Institution 
Vifashington 25 » D. C. 
Dear Dr. Carmichael: 
I am_ sending along some information on the 
ship which I believe would be ideal for our purposes. 
Also, I am attaching a letter which I have written 
to Mr. Nicholson. I hope this meets with your 
approval. If so, v/e should send a deposit so that 
we may be certain that the schooner "Freelance" is 
reserved for our trip. 
There is no objection whatsoever to Dr. Schmitt 
being a member of the expedition. I would like to 
see him go along. It seems to me he should fully 
realize that there might be some rough going on a 
trip such as this. Vi/hether Dr. Schmitt or another 
person heads up the expedition, we should be getting 
our pl9ns organized. I leave that entirely up to 
your good judgement. 
Kindest regards. 
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