J. BRUCE BRED1N 
P. O. Box 8 7 
Wilmington, Delaware 
Dr. Leonard Carmichael 
Smithsonian Institution 
Wa shington 25, D.C . 
September 10, 1953 
Dear Dr. Carmichael: 
Nov/ that the summer is over, vi^e can get around 
to giving some thought to another' expedition this 
coining winter. If my memory’ rate, we had 
mentioned such a pos sibil ity^last spr. 
There is a possibility 'that the' Briganuine 
“Yankee" would be av^lahi^to s u s for aNpart of this 
winter . In the pas^fwe ^ave)gi^en some thought to 
collecting on the Cayman Islands and the Yucatan 
Peninsula in Me: 
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I am aejndin^ a copy of this latter to Dr. Schmitt 
so that he may be kept informed. 
My usual best wishes to you. 
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