UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 
BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 
ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY 
NATIONAL AIR MUSEUM 
NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK 
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
TJ /rs/aton 23, D. C. 
rsA. 
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART 
NATIONAL COLLECTION OF FINE ARTS 
FREER GALLERY OF ART 
INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE SERVICE 
CANAL ZONE BIOLOGICAL AREA 
June 15, 1953. 
Dr, Alexander Wetmore, 
c/o Canal Zone Biological Area, 
Drawer C, 
Balboa, Canal Zone, 
Dear Dr, Wetmore: 
My days have been full to overflowing with a 
multitude of miscellaneous chores so that I have been very 
remiss in not thanking you for taking the trouble and time 
to get the correct engine number on the jeep, I immediately 
got in touch with Lipscomb & Company and they have since 
informed me that the necessary adjustment on their records 
has been made and everything seems to be in proper order 
now. Thanks a million. 
I suppose by the time this reaches you, you will have 
departed from Sona where, I understand, your accommodations 
have really been Ixixurious in comparison with some of those 
that you have had on previous trips. 
I had a telephone call from Margaret the other day 
telling me that Perrygo’s father had passed away, asking us 
to send flowers for you. She told me that he had been ill for 
some time, and hope, therefore, that his passing wasn’t too 
much of a shock for Perrygo. No doubt this circumstance will 
change your plans somewhat. I hope that it will mean that you 
will get a little rest out of the trip before you get back because 
I must warn you that the accumulation of mail is heavy! I 
cannot see that your change of title has made any difference in 
the work load. 
I am enclosing a letter from Mrs. Peters that I probably 
should have sent along some time ago; also a newspaper clipping 
that I cut out of the Times Herald which you may or may not have 
seen in Panama. A letter from Dr. George Hewitt Myers recently 
informs you of the death of John Marshall Phillips. 
