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dear Hr. Mac Manus 3 
Tli3 letter which I sent to you several days ago 
was held up because I wanted Hr. Park of the Path® Com¬ 
pany to glance it over to see if I had over-estimated 
their interest in the expedi tion* He lias been dawn here 
spending the week-end with me, and he assures me that they 
are even more interested than I ©aid they wore, and has 
brought me the verbal agreet eat of his chief* the head of 
the Path® Hews, that they will cooperate with us, 
••• ' v’ i . . ' '• . . ' .V • ; . 
1 have just received a letter from Hr* loveridwa* 
at Harvard University, who says that Harvard wishes to 
cooperate in such an expedition, and v? ill cooperate to ., 
the extent of financing a a pedal men to :::ake cor tain 
collections for them. 
The Secretary of # the Smithsonian will make the 
necessary efforts to get permit® for us to secure the 
animals that we want on the expedition, so it looks as 
though--if Hr. Blank sees the thing in the same light 
that we all do—nothing should provent tie from making 
the venture successful from all points of view* 
There are pages of detail that might be writton 
in regard to this, but 1 think I have stated the principal 
facts in my previous letter and do not wiah to burden you 
vd th a lot of reading matter. 
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Sineerely yours 
Superintend ent 
Mr, Theodore MaoManue, 
o/o Maeiianus , I nc *, 
82 Hancock Avenue, 
Bast Detroit, Michigan, 
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