SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 
WASHINGTON, D. C. 
February 14, 1931 
Dr. A. 7/etmore, 
Assistant Secretary, 
Smithsonian Institution. 
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Dear Dr. Wetmore: 
On or about March 10, 1931, you are in¬ 
structed to proceed from Washington, D. C., to Port-au-Prince, 
Haiti, where you will be occupied for two months or more in 
zoological observations and in collecting specimens for the 
National Museum. You wi11 be allowed steamer fare from New 
York City to Port-au-Prince or other ports in Haiti and return, 
not to exceed $135.00, payable from the appropriation, "Pres¬ 
ervation of Collections, 1931." 
Upon completion of this work, you will return 
to your official station at Washington, D. C. 
Very trul 
Assistant Secretary 
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