UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 
BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 
ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY 
NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK 
ALL CORRESPONDENCE 
SHOULD BE ADDRESSED 
TO THE SECRETARY 
March 6, 1946. 
Dear Dr. Wetmore: 
Just a note to inform you of a few things that have come to the 
office since your departure. 
The Chief Justice made a few changes in the letter sent to him 
for signature regarding the postage stamp, and then sent it to the President. 
I have sent a carbon copy of the letter to Mr. Graf for his information, and 
retained one in our office. 
Mrs. Ellouise Larsen has transmitted a list of her Staffordshire 
collection. She says that although she intends to present the collection to 
the Smithsonian she probably will keep it in her possession as long as she 
lives. I have prepared a letter of acknowledgment for Mr. Graf's signature. 
The six manuscripts on the San Jose project have been returned 
by Lt. Col. Gillingham with the statement that the Chemical Warfare Service, 
Intelligence Branch, interposes no objection to the publication of these 
papers. I have, therefore, sent them to Mr. True with the proper memorandum 
attached to each as instructed. 
Dr. Zimmer has also sent in proof for Dr. Carlos Lehman's article 
on the two new birds from the Andes of Colombia, and I have turned this over 
to Dr. Friedmann, who said that he would be glad to read it and return it to 
Dr. Zimmer. Dr. Zimmer wanted to know how many extra copies were wanted and 
we asked for 100 plus the 25 copies that are supplied gratis. 
This afternoon a letter received from Vice-Admiral Hussey, by 
direction of C. S. Piggot, informs us that the Navy Department will be glad 
to loan the Smithsonian Institution 6 hydrophotometers with their associated 
batteries and cables, and that they would be delivered to the Institution in 
about ten days. I have prepared an acknowledgment for Mr. Graf's signaturej 
also a letter to Fenimore Johnson advising him that the hydrophotometers are 
available . 
A letter fran your nephew Scott Phillips arrived Monday morning. 
He states that Mr. Hanson has sent him a lovely pair of black fantails, and 
he was certain that he was indebted to you for this gift. I have told him 
that you were enroute to Panama, and that he would hear from you on your re¬ 
turn. 
I knew that you had a letter from your Cousin Belle a short time 
before you left, and so when another letter arrived by airmail Monday, 1 
thought possibly something might be in it that needed attention and opened it. 
V 
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
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