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Hench inquires about the preparations for the meeting in Cuba. He would like to attend and offers to loan his slides on yellow fever to Ramos.

Hench requests Ramos' help in raising funds for a memorial in Cuba.

Hench sends Ramos two reprints of his article on yellow fever which touches upon the work of Finlay.

Hench seeks copies of "Health Through the Ages" and information on a film strip about Walter Reed.

Hench points out historical errors in documents produced by the Metropolitan Life Insurance Co. concerning yellow fever.

Hench gives Schnurr some background information for the speech he is giving at Washington and Jefferson College.

Hench sends a reprint on yellow fever to Dodge, a relative of Carroll's. He requests that Dodge help him to meet with Carroll's son, George.

Hench sends Hall a reprint of his yellow fever article and thanks them for their contribution to the Camp Lazear Memorial Fund.

Hench thanks the Haines for donating fifty cents to the Camp Lazear Memorial Fund.

Hench assures Mayer that he is only interested in the commemoration of the Camp Lazear site and that he is not trying to secure a position on the scientific board of the Finlay Institute. However, if his membership would advance his cause, then he would pursue this endeavour.

Hench sends Angles a reprint of his yellow fever article, and hopes Angles will see it as the beginning of efforts to publicize the work of Finlay among Americans.

Hench informs DeCoursey he is writing a book on Reed and yellow fever. He inquires if it would be too late to write up the dedication ceremony for a medical journal.

Hench informs Peabody that he hopes to have a paper on his yellow fever research published soon. Hench will send her a copy before it is published.

Hench assures Peabody that her students would be welcome at the Lazear memorial event. He will send the Peabodys a copy of his speech and would like a list of slides from her.

Hench thanks Cervantes for the "Medicas" reprint.

Hench thanks Saladrigas for his hospitality when Hench was in Cuba for the Camp Lazear dedication. He requests a copy of Saladrigas' speech given at the ceremony. He suggests more could be done at the memorial site, including a public health center.

Hench thanks Adams for the copy of a map of Camp Columbia. He requests additional maps of sites used by the U.S. Army Yellow Fever Board, in 1900-1901.

Hench mentions the lack of cooperation by Cuban doctors in memorializing Camp Lazear. He notes that he has been able to obtain research materials from the Reed and Lazear families, but little from the Carroll family, and he is pleased that Rodriguez Leon has assembled her father's papers.

Hench writes about returning Agramonte's papers to her and informing Kean, Truby and Lawrence Reed about important points which the papers clarify. He informs her about his success in lobbying the Cuban government for funds to preserve Building No. 1.

Hench discusses the Cornwell yellow fever painting and the response to it in the U.S. Hench wishes that she had uncovered more material from her father's papers, but he thanks her nonetheless for providing information about Agramonte's life in New Orleans and details of his death.