| Description | Barcroft wishes to keep Hardy posted on where he stands for money. He has some prospects. Sir Robert Hadfield gave a party at which Barcroft spoke to the American delegation of engineers. One of the party, a Doctor Morgan, took the matter seriously and would speak with Bock and Redfield at Cambridge. He will try to get 'the Carnegie people' to subscribe when he returns to America. Professor McLennan suggested that Toronto should finance Redfield. He spoke to Ewing who said that the Carnegie Fund had its final grant meeting on 11 July and it might not be too late. With this £300 and othet donations Barcroft would have £1,000. He asks if it is now time to approach the Foreign Office and the Periuvian Consul for their blessings and for confirmation that the Royal Society is still backing the expedition despite Mackie's partial withdrawal. |