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letterhead San Francisco, November 16. 1891 My dear Prof Muir, Your letter of 12th reached me to day.- I feel sure that
I can organize the Expedition and arrange everything so as to be satisfactory to you for as the Scientist of the Expedition
you will be entirely independent of my movements as Astronomer Executive Officer As soon as matters are in a more definite
shape I will confer with you and we can together formulate a plan? of action which I think will be successful.- Russell made
the same mistake the year just past, as we did the year previous.- and profiting by his experience, we can establish a camp
on East face of Elias, at our old camp Dome pass .- . Then you and I can make the rush for the back