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Letter·34 CDF art. 169·Undated

Letter from Schaeffer to M. Bessim asking for men for the siteClaude Frédéric-Armand Schaeffer

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

Scan 1 of letter 34 CDF art. 169 (Letter from Schaeffer to M. Bessim asking for men for the site), handwritten in English. The transcription follows.

Scan: Collège de France, Paris, 34 CDF art. 169, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

Unnumbered pageScan 1 of 2

Le Castel Blanc, 14 Rue Turgot 78 , St. GERMAIN EN LAYE

Dear Mr Besim,

I hope you are well as all your friends in the Old City. I wish to tell you that I start again digging at Alasia near Enkomi as last year, beginning March 8th. If you could send me again some 20 good men to join us in our work , I would be pleased.

I hope to arrive in our Alasia Camp on March 3rd and shall as soon as possible come to see you. With all my best wishes Yours sincerely

C. F. A. Schaeffer.

Please give M. Sami my kind regards messages when you phone him .

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