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30. Holford Square.

Pentonville. W. C.

Sir!

I am writing to you with a request for the issuance of a ticket granting me the right of entry to the reading room of the British Museum. I have arrived from Russia for the study of the agrarian question. I enclose a letter of recommendation from Mr. Mitchell.

With deep respect to you, sir, April 21, 1902.

To the Director of the British Museum.

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30. Holford Square.

Pentonville. W. C.

4332

Sir!

In supplement to my letter and in reply to your notification No. 4332, I submit a new recommendation from Mr. Mitchell.

Respectfully yours, April 24, 1902.

First published in 1957 in the journal *Inostrannaya Literatura* No. 4

Translated from the English