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Hufford provides information on the Dean Memorial Bridge in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and inquires about arthritis treatment.

Hufford writes that Hench has been sent pictures of the Dean Bridge, now called the Fulton Street Bridge, in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Strategy in application and nomination for Nobel Prize. In Spanish with an English translation.

Agramonte appreciates Kean's balanced report of the yellow fever work. He comments on current yellow fever work.

Agramonte thanks Kean for news of the pension bill, and expresses appreciation for Ireland's influence.

Agramonte writes to Kean about his family, the pension delay, and his health.

Agramonte informs Gorgas that all his reports about the Yellow Fever Commission are completely accurate and can be proven, and that he believes he will never receive proper recognition for his contribution. [Courtesy of the National Archives and Records Administration]

Fransway, Armstrong's secretary, informs Hench that Armstrong will be unable to attend the dedication of Camp Lazear. However, Streit will be available for the ceremony.

Jacobson writes that he would be delighted to receive photographs of Reed's Brooklyn Hospital diplomas for inclusion in an article and in an exhibit at the hospital.

Jacobson informs Hench that his article on Reed's residency at Brooklyn Hospital will be released soon. He discusses the illustrations used in the article.

Packard apologizes for not replying to Hench's letter sooner, but felt it was necessary to resolve underlying policy matters relating to Hench's project before responding. He reiterates that the Rockefeller Foundation will not provide financial support for the Camp Lazear memorial.

Hardy requests information on Walter Reed. He wants to make Reed's birthplace a national shrine.

Hardy offers a strategy for publicizing the pension campaign.

Hardy expresses continued interest in lobbying Congress for the pension campaign.

Pinto forwards his belief that Carroll tried to take credit for the mosquito theory after Lazear's death. He thinks Dean was bitten by a mosquito while in the ward.

Pinto has read Hemmeter's article on Carroll and is distressed by the developing disagreement over the recognition of Carroll's yellow fever work.

Pinto writes to Hench that he visited Truby, and thinks his work is good, but that he has slipped over time. He hopes that Truby completes his article soon.

Von Mansfelde informs Mabel Lazear that Carroll has died. He discusses work to increase her pension.

Von Mansfelde writes that he is eager to see that Carroll and Lazear receive due credit for their yellow fever work.

Atcheson Hench details the dinner given in honor of Moran.