UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 
BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 
ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY 
NATIONAL AIR MUSEUM 
NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK 
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
Washington 23, I). (7. 
US. A. 
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART 
NATIONAL COLLECTION OF FINE ARTS 
FREER GALLERY OF ART 
INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE SERVICE 
CANAL ZONE BIOLOGICAL AREA 
February 4, 1948. 
Dr. Alexander Wetmore g 
Secretary, 
Smithsonian Institution. 
Dear Dr. Wetmore: 
On or about February 15, 1948 you will proceed from 
Washington^ D. C. to Miami, Florida^, and from Miami to the 
Canal Zone and points in Panama on official work for the 
Smithsonian Institution. 
You will be allowed usual travel expenses, including 
travel by air as required, not to exceed $400.00, payable from 
the appropriation “Salaries and Expenses, Smithsonian 
Institution, 1948.*' 
It is contemplated that this work will require 
approximately two months when you will return to your official 
station at Washington, D.C. 
Very truly yours, 
Assistant Secretary. 
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