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« EDWIN ® 
«TENNEY ® 
BREWSTER 
ANDOVER 
MASSACHU 
SETTS ®«® 
My dear Cousin-. 
I had a note from Frank Brewer^ 
who writes that he has been to see you with 
regard to a permit for him to collect sea 
birds and asks my officies in his case. 
I do not know anything about the nature of 
these permits,nor the sort of person for whom 
they are intended,nor anything of Brewer's 
standing as a naturalist. His family,however, 
are among the older members of the summer 
colony at Pigeon Cove;they have been neighbors 
of ours there almost ever since I can remember; 
and I have known young Brewer almost from a baby. 
The family are admirable people,and among the 
closest of our summer friends. Of the boy, 
I have the best possible impression;so that I 
