/During August I shall be at my Summer home: 
New Richmond, Wis.,-Route 6,Birch-naven/ 
Blue Rapidd,Kas. July 21,1909. 
Dear Mr BreWater: 
Please accept amende and expressions of gratitude 
all blended into one,at this late date.I refer to the great courtesy of your 
self and your friend,Mr Purdie‘in the matter of the Jabiru citation.It 
fills a deep lacuna;and your old-time kindness is more than triplicated,in 
this thoughtful act.Depend upon it,tnis is but a preliminary acknowledg- 
Mente Will you kindly make my preliminary acknowledg- 
ments to Mr Purdie,also:at your convenience?(I have mislaid my A.0.U.List 
of Members;and cannot connect with Mr Purdie,just now,in person}. 
I made a hasty trip to North Dakota and the Leech Lake Region of Minnesota 5; 

