Telegram from Alfred J. T. Taylor to Vilhjalmur Stefansson, 27 September 1921

1921 SEP 27 AM 2 41

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VANCOUVER BC 26 ^AW^

V STEFANSSON [: ^4raw^ ]

CARE AMERICAN GEOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY BROADWAY AND 156 ST NEWYORK NY

HAVE BEEN ABSENT FROM CITY FOR WEEK AND ON RETURN FIND FOLLOWING NIGHTLETTER DATED TWENTY FIRST SIGNED CRAWFORD QUOTE ARRIVED AT WRANGELL ISLAND LAST NIGHT AND HAVE DONE WHAT WAS INTENDED LETTER TO STEFANSSON CONTAINS DOCUMENT STOP LOTS OF DRIFT WOOD AND TRACKS LOOKING FORWARD TO GOOD WINTER NO ICE YET UNQUOTE BROWN WISHES TO KNOW IF YOU DESIRE ANY PUBLICITY AND HOW MUCH CRAWFORDS ARRIVAL WRANGELL WIRE ADVICE STOP.

A J TAYLOR.

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ALSO RECEIVED NIGHTLETTER FROM NOME DATED TWENTY THIRD SIGNED MINERS AND MERCHANTS BANK READING QUOTE SILVER WAVE HAS RETURNED LEAVING CRAWFORD AND PARTY ON WRANGELL ISLAND PLEASE TELEGRAPH US THROUGH SEATTLE NATIONAL BANK TWO THOUSAND SEVENTEEN DOLLARS THIRTY FIVE CENTS TO COVER CHARTER SILVER WAVE AND OTHER EXPENSES AUTHORISED BY CRAWFORD ABOVE REQUEST FOR FUNDS BEING INSTRUCTIONS FROM STEFANSSON PER TELEGRAM TO NOME OF SEPTEMBER TWENTY FIRST UNQUOTE HAVE WIRED BANK AS FOLLOWS QUOTE WIRE TWENTY THIRD RECEIVED HAVE COMMUNICATED YOUR MESSAGE TO MR STEFANSSON AND AS SOON AS INSTRUCTIONS RECEIVED REGARDING TRANSFER OF FUNDS WILL ADVISE YOU UNQUOTE CANNOT HOPE RAISE NECESSARY MONEY HERE IN TIME TO BE OF SERVICE PLEASE ADVISE

A J TAYLOR.

Taylor Tell Brown we want [: shorthand] [: shorthand] [: $]1500 [: shorthand]

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