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Correspondence·PU-Mu 1050, Box 1, folder 9·1938

1938

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Typed and handwritten in English. Every line is transcribed, and the text sits beside the scan.

Scan 39 of correspondence PU-Mu 1050, Box 1, folder 9 (1938), typed and handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Penn Museum Archives, Philadelphia, PU-Mu 1050, Box 1, folder 9, Courtesy of the Penn Museum.

Unnumbered pageScan 39 of 79

Continued from scan 38

… erally to Athenian and Cypriote friends. My parents ask to be remembered to you, as do also Professors Linforth, Smith, and Allen. They have all been extremely cordial.

Sincerely, [handwritten: Pete]

P.S. [handwritten: I have traced one of the linguistic peculiarities which used to crop up in my writing and speech. "Nothing whatsoever" is a Californianism.]

P.P.S. [handwritten: Would you have any objection to my giving a lecture about the dig if I take an opportunity in Philadelphia, or discussing dig material (probably Cypro-Minoan inscriptions) at the Christmas meetings?]

65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain

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