UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM 
INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES 
BUREAU OF AMERICAN ETHNOLOGY 
NATIONAL ZOOLOGICAL PARK 
ASTWOPHYSICAL OBSERVATORY 
INTERNATIONAL CATALOGUE OF 
SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE 
"5 
November 1 ^ , 1911. 
Dear Doctor Mearns: 
I have your letter of October 31, to Mr. Dorsey who 
was at that time away on leave, and am sorry to learn of 
the inconvenience caused you by the loss of your suitcase 
en route to New York. As no word has been received as to 
the finding of the case, I have secured another passport 
and letter of introduction from the State Department, and 
forward them to you, with a letter of introduction to the 
friends of the Institution. 
Trusting that the papers reach you safely and 
that you have no further annoyance of this kind, I am, 
Very sincerely yours, 
Assistant Secretary, 
In Charge of Library and Exchanges. 
Dr. 5! • A. Mearns, 
c/o Mr. Childs Frick, 
Brown, Shipley & Co., Bankers, 
London, England. 
