Bredin Expedition - West Indies 
Capt. V. E. B. Nicholson 
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Postal AdUress 
English larhonr 
P.O.Box 103 
Antigua 
St, tJ^n's 
Antigua, B.W.I 
Fehmary g|jth.lPS6 
Wald© E.Sctoltt, isq.. 
Head Cnrstor, 
Saithsonian Institntion, 
Washii^ton 25, D. G, 
Dear Ir. Sehmitt, 
this Is at«>ut the last tise that I aill get a 
chance &f witing to y&a before leave the cold north 
for a ear®»r cltmt®. 
jmrs en root© for friiddad, and all is going well, 
W ®©n Deffltond will be taking the ship, fliAsh 
their present oral®© in frialdad on the 7th,JSar@h, and the 
vessel will be mehored off Trinidad Yacht Glnb as soon as all 
official entries have been finished with. 
Qa February Jth. I wrote to yw S^csretaiy return- 
ing the draft f or |1900 recpwsting that It be paid 
direct to the Iiendten owners, aid I aa rapeotiii® a cable any 
day fToa them adrlslng m@ of tlte coaplstlon M the transaction 
when I wenld havs sent yon tl» signed agreemlwt fora, Hs^ver, 
since t^ime is s^hort, I am sending you a copy of the agreement 
for your Information and will Iwtf® the sifiwsd copy read^ for 
jm id»n you ^oin sMp on the ev@rf,i3® of iferch 12th, 
cost 
per. mn 
charter with six pe^le m board, all extms should not exoeed 
Ike D.S, a day. M.® includes errerytWLng, food, tdass, fudl, 
driito of all deseripticsis , iteibour <hi«s, cooking gas, eat«c*« 
ing, lam^ry, etc, and if you plan f&c this expemUtare you 
will I hep® b® p3essaat3y surprised wImh you find it c«es 
to less# 
The total charter fee as stated on the agre^mt 
for the 38 days a«junt® to | 5*1^ *36 H.S, I not© that you 
will be eatohlng an Alcoa boat fro® St.Croix on April fist. 
