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    "ocrText": "T\nan\nA\nJune 4, 1941\n=.\nMisa Frances Alice Bacon\nspecial\nC\nDutterworth Hospital\nanimail\ne\nGrand Rapids, Michigan\nMy dear Miss Bacon:\nYou will sail from New York June 10th.\nFor obrious reasons you are specially requested not to divulge to\nanyone the date or ship on which you expect to sail, You ishould not show\nthe ship's name on any tags or labels attached to your luggage; simply\nspecify \"A Ship\".\nwill you kindly fill in the enclosed application blanks and return\nthem immediately by air mail. All three sheets must be signed. Questions\n#5, c,d,e of #7 and #9 need not be answered. The remäining unanswered\nquestions on all three copies must be filled in.\nEnclosed is a check which is to defray official expenditures enroute to\nEngland. You are urged to purchase American Railway Express Travelers Checks\nwith this advance. Be sure that you are familiar with the instructions given\nby Mr. Harold Foy, director of accounting. These instructions were sent to\nyou previously together with the green booklet, \"TRAVEL AND LEAVE REGULATIONST.\nPassengers may not take into the United Kingdom more than 10 pounds per\nperson in Sterling notes. Any Sterling notes in the possession of passengers\nover and above 10 pounds will be liable to confiscation. During the voyage,\npassengers may use one pound or 10 shilling notes but the Pursor is not per-\nmitted to accept notes of 5 pounds or higher denomination. Passengers are\nwarned not to exchange more than is required for their use during the voyage\nor for immediate expenses on londing, bearing in mind the fact that they may\nnot take into Great Britain noro than 10 pounds in Sterling notes.\nMrs. Tuth Breckinridge, our house mother, will be in charge of your group.\nWe will expect you to report to her the evening of June 9th, at the Penasylvunia\nHotel in New York. Your roon will be reserved at the Pennsylvania Hotel for the\nnight of June 9th. You can get in touch with Mrs. Breckinridge through the room\nolerk."
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