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      Dear Mr. Badran:

      I would like to thank you for your letter, which
   arrived on the 22nd of this month and the generous donation
   included from the Syrian-American Club of New York and the
   Lebanon League of Progress in the amount of $307.45 for the
   relief of survivors for both crew and passengers of the Titanic
   and to allay the hardships of the families of those who lost
   their lives in this disaster.

      Yours respectfully,
      W.J. Gaynor
      Mayor of the City

(38.) Al-Sa'ih, April 20, 1912.

(39.) Mir'at al Gharb, April 19, 1912.

(40.) Mir'th al Gharb, April 19, 1912 and al-Sa'ih, April 23, 1912.

(41.) Al-Sa'ih, April 23, 1912.

(42.) Al-Zacinni informed al-Dalil, April 20, 1912 that there had been at least 100 Syrian passengers.

(43.) Al-Huda, April 26, 1912.

(44.) Al-Dalil, April 27, 1912.

(45.) Al-Dalil, April 20, 1912.

(46.) Al-Bayan, April 23, 1912.

(47.) April 17, 1912.

(48.) Al-Huda, April 20, 1912.

(49.) Al-Huda, April 24, 1912.

(50.) Mir'at al-Gharb, April 27, 1912.

(51.) Syrian Ladies Aid Society of New York

(52.) Mir'at al-Gharb, April 27, 1912.

Leila Salloum Elias holds a Master's Degree in Middle East and Islamic Studies from the University of Toronto, Canada and is a freelance writer. She resides in Allentown, Pennsylvania.