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Correspondence from William Brooks Cabot to Fannie Hardy Eckstorm ca. 1930-1946, part 2

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Apr 30/34
 
Apr 30/34
 
Dear Mrs. Eckstorm,
 
Dear Mrs. Eckstorm,
I return the (???) with thanks for your thoughtfulness in sending it along with the (???).  The (???) study strikes me as a remarkable piece of work, & (????) to be expected.  I had to get used to the queer spelling of the names.  It is on my mind to have a look at the (????).  Soon if the sheets are not large it ought not to cost very much to photostat it, if permitted.  I had a bit of looking up stone in Portland once, looking for anything, with no report about that item, which at that time would have excited me much.
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I return the [?] with thanks for your thoughtfulness in sending it along with the [?].  The [?] study strikes me as a remarkable piece of work, & [?] to be expected.  I had to get used to the queer spelling of the names.  It is on my mind to have a look at the [?].  Soon if the sheets are not large it ought not to cost very much to photostat it, if permitted.  I had a bit of looking up stone in Portland once, looking for anything, with no report about that item, which at that time would have excited me much.
  
It was a break to have you here. (???) help me pick along on the things (????).  The other day I took a (????) of lists & my working plan over to the Peabody Museum & asked if they wanted it when I quit, without being at all sure they would, but they (????) at it.  Except the (????) I don't know of anything much that
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It was a break to have you here. [?] help me pick along on the things [?].  The other day I took a [?] of lists & my working plan over to the Peabody Museum & asked if they wanted it when I quit, without being at all sure they would, but they [?] at it.  Except the [?] I don't know of anything much that

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�447 Marlborough St. Apr 30/34 Dear Mrs. Eckstorm, I return the [?] with thanks for your thoughtfulness in sending it along with the [?]. The [?] study strikes me as a remarkable piece of work, & [?] to be expected. I had to get used to the queer spelling of the names. It is on my mind to have a look at the [?]. Soon if the sheets are not large it ought not to cost very much to photostat it, if permitted. I had a bit of looking up stone in Portland once, looking for anything, with no report about that item, which at that time would have excited me much.

It was a break to have you here. [?] help me pick along on the things [?]. The other day I took a [?] of lists & my working plan over to the Peabody Museum & asked if they wanted it when I quit, without being at all sure they would, but they [?] at it. Except the [?] I don't know of anything much that