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1207 Jackson Ave., August 7, 1909.

Chairman "Cabin John Bridge" Publication Committee, Richmond, Va.:

My Dear Mrs. Robinson,—In reply to your question as to the disposition of the tools, I desire to state that the tools used in the restoration of the name of Jefferson Davis on "Cabin John Bridge" will be placed in the Jefferson Davis Annex at Memorial Hall, in New Orleans.

The Jefferson Davis Annex of Memorial Hall, in New Orleans, contains many precious relics of the President of the Confederate States of America, and of his daughter "Winnie," the Daughter of the Confederacy. The Annex has been set apart exclusively for the relics of the Davis family.

At present the tools are the property of Mrs. W. J. Behan, of New Orleans, La.

Yours very fraternally,

President C. S. M. A.

1207 Jackson Ave., August 7, 1909.

Richmond, Va.:

My Dear Mrs. Robinson,—You are hereby appointed chairman of the "Cabin John Bridge" Publication Committee of the Confederated Southern Memorial Association.

You are vested with full authority to contract for the printing of a book to contain a record of all that relates to the restoration of the name, Jefferson Davis, on "Cabin John Bridge," at Washington, D. C, as executed under the direction of the "Cabin John Bridge" Committee of the Confederated Southern Memorial Association.

The cost of publication to be according to estimate submitted by the Richmond Press, Inc., of Richmond, Va., the size of edition, time of delivery, proof-reading, and all other details are left in your hands. As chairman of this Publication Committee