SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 
WASHINGTON, D. C. 
orrice or 
ASSISTANT SECRETARY, 
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 
IN CHARQC U. 6. NATIONAL MUSEUM 
November , 1911. 
Lieut. Col. Edgar A. Mearns, U. S. Army (Ret.), 
Berkeley Hotel, 
London, England. 
Dear Doctor Mearns: 
Referring to your letter of October 31 to 
Mr. Brown, I beg to state that on October 30 the Mu¬ 
seum materials therein mentioned were shipped by ex¬ 
press, addressed to you in care of the Purser of the 
S. S. Mauretania, and that we have recently received, 
under date of November 2, Mr. Oakley Weeks' receipt 
for the 11 packages. The shipment consists of the 
following: 
1 bundle; 4 metal chests; 
1 tank box; 2 collecting chests; 
1 box of guns; 1 box of traps; 
1 box of ammunition. 
Hoping that the shipment will eventually 
reach you safely, and that your trip will be a success¬ 
ful one, I am, 
Very truly yours, 
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