GC-15762 
• t«. U. f. «T. Off- 
ESTAIUSHEO 1802 
E. I. DU Pont de Nemours 51 Company 
INCORPORATED 
Stine Laboratory 
Newark, Delaware 
GRASSELLI CHEMICALS DEPARTMENT 
Dr. Waldo L. Schmitt 
liead Curator 
Department of Zoology 
Smith s on i an Institution 
Washington 25^? D. C. 
Dear Doctor Schmitt: 
Dovemher 20^ 
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yOu for your letter of hoveinber 9 vhich 
you oiTfered to collect soils in the Society Islands. We 
vould he glad to receive and test any soils you might 
collect there if the Smithsonian Institution and all other 
interested parties -waive all rights with respect to the 
samples and any useful products ■^fhich may result from them. 
This is the same unde rs tandinm we had. with the xlfrican a,nd 
the West Indies soils. 
You are Yei'j kind with your good wishes. I hope 
I will he able to accept your invitation to visit you at 
the Institution before you leave for the South Seas. 
Sincerely yours 
J. VI. McGahen 
Animal Medicine Section 
BETTER THINGS FOR BETTER LIVING 
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THROUGH CHEMISTRY 
