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UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 
BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 
ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY 
NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK 
ALL CORRESPONDENCE 
SHOULD BE ADDRESSED 
TO THE SECRETARY 
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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
Washington, HS. A. 
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART 
NATIONAL COLLECTION OF FINE ARTS 
FREER GALLERY OF ART 
INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES 
DIVISION OF RADIATION AND 
ORGANISMS 
March 18, 1947 
Dr. A. Watmore, 
Secretary, 
Smithsonian Institution. 
Dear Dr. Wetmore: 
On or about March 20, 1947, you will proceed from 
Washington, D. C. to Miami, Florida and from there to the 
Canal Zone for work in the Canal Zone and in Panama. Mr. 
W. M. Perrygo, Taxidermist, will accompany you as assistant, 
his expenses being covered under this letter of authorization. 
You will be allowed usual travel expenses, including travel 
by air, the hire of assistants and their subsistence as re¬ 
quired, the hire of canoes and other special conveyances, 
actual expenses for subsistence for yourself and Mir. Perrygo, 
purchase of supplies, packing materials and charges for 
transportation, and also such other miscellaneous expendi¬ 
tures as may be required, not to exceed #1750, payable from 
the General Funds of the Smithsonian Institution, to he 
charged to the allotment for "Researches." 
It is contemplated that this work will not require 
more than six weeks when you vail return to your official 
station in Washington, D. C. 
Very truly yours. 
hs 
Wetmore, 
Secretary. 
