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nothing of the destruction I expected to see. It was very warm and we actually suffered with the heat The mercury has been at 85° and vegetation fairly bursts out. We went to Taylors in the evening and he read us his Centennial poem which is really fine.

Monday 8 May 1876. Very warm again. Gertrude and I spent a good part of the day looking at a collection of furniture to be sold at Leavetts at auction tomorrow and in going about Stewarts store looking at everything. From Stewarts we went to Sloanes and looked at carpets. Went to the Council meeting in the evening and awarded the prizes to the students in the Life and Antique schools. The drawings in the life are excellent much better than last year I think.

Wednesday 10" A fine day for the opening for the centennial exhibition. I have an invitation and a reserved seat on the platform but the occurrence of the Annual meeting at the Academy prevented my going. The Academy meeting went off very smoothly. Mr. Huntington by a compromise by which we accepted Page as Vice President was unanimously elected President but Perry interfered sufficiently to get himself on the Council greatly to my annoyance. The Council is myself, I. G. Brown Wood (old members) and Perry, Coleman and Sontag. Three Academicians were elected May (living in Paris) Smillie and McGrath, all my candidates. Two associates were elected neither of whom I voted for. The dinner was given at a nice restaurant at Lafayette Place in the old residence of W. B. Astor and was very satisfactory. My only disappointment is in the constitution of the Council for I look forward to next winter with dread.

Sunday 28. Have been home for a week. Had a letter from Booth who has sold his place at Cos Cob asking me what he shall do with his works of art & valuables he does not want to sell. He is playing out west coming this way to be at Cos Cob June 6" Wrote him I would take care of them here and at Rondout and would buy some of his carpets & furniture. Gertrude and I have been at Cos Cob since Tuesday packing and arranging the things which are to go by vessel tomorrow. We staid at the house and 

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