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C O P Y

Bank of Hamilton Bldg.,
June 23rd, 1923

Mrs. O.R. Wilcox,
Secretary to V. Stefansson,
c/o The American Geographical Society,
Broadway at 156th St.,
New York, N. Y.

Dear Mrs. Wilcox:-

I was glad to get your letter of the 21st this
morning, and you will have by this time received a very badly typed
note which I sent you last Saturday evening relaying the telegram
I had received that day from Mr. Noice.

This last telegram has relieved my anxiety to some
extent, as it seems to reassure us on the point of at least having a
suitable vessel for the expedition, but it doesn't make the necessity
for immediate funds any less acute, and I wish it were possible for me
to advance the money without troubling Mr. Stefansson at this time,
but, unfortunately, this is quite out of the question, as I have seldom
been as hard up as I am at present.

Mr. Noice speaks in his telegram of a credit of
$10,000. I think that if we establish a credit of $7,000. it will
probably be sufficient, and I do hope in the next day or two we may
receive this money from England.

I am particularly obliged to you for the very
capable way in which you are attending to all these important matters.

Yours sincerely,

(Signed) A. J. T. Taylor