UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 
BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 
ASTROPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY 
NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK 
ALL CORRESPONDENCE 
SHOULD BE ADDRESSED 
TO THE SECRETARY 
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
Washitty ton, IZS.A. 
NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART 
FREER GALLERY OF ART 
INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES 
INTERNATIONAL CATALOGUE OF 
SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE 
March 
1927. 
De ar Dr. We tmor e: - 
In accordance with plans made for field work 
in Haiti and Santo Domingo, you are hereby given detail from 
March 20, 1927 to or about June 15, 1927, to permit your visit 
to these tv/o Republics for the purpose of making natural histoiy 
collections for the U. S. National Museum. It is understood that 
your salary for this period will be carried by the U. S. National 
Museum as usual. Your field expenses during this \?ork will be 
borne by special arrangement through money provided from the Swales 
Puna, and by Dr. W. L. Abbott. Upon completion of this detail 
you should return to your official station at Washington, D.C. 
Very truly yours, 
Dr. Alexander Wetmore, 
Assistant Secretary, 
U. S.National Museum, 
Washington, D.C. 
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