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[[start page]] Tolerably clear [[preprinted]]SATURDAY, MAY 6, 1865. [[/preprinted]] Thunder storms last night Letter from Collins stating that the cost of the filling up of the vault in the cellar of the Phil d[[superscript]] Academy will be 350 or 400 dollars - This I think too much Let the plates be put in - the rubbish cleared away and a slat fence between the cellar and our space. Wrote Hilgand relative to two remarks Looked over the 1st 11 pages of Newcombs paper on Neptune. Attended Light House Board - Examination of oil - referred to me. Gen. Delafield will send down to the Inst. [[superscript]]n[[/superscript]] samples of all the boring from the [[artezian ?]] well at Point Comfort. The will is eight inches in diameter and between 3 and 4 hundred feet deep. Discussed with Dr [[Wethenall ?]] the true [[strikethough]] tech [[/strikethrough]] amount of the moist in the air for healthy breathing in a room artificially warmed in winter. Meeting of the club at Dr. Purkens was informed by the Sec[[superscript]]y[[/superscript]]. of the Treasury that the reason why the establishment did not attend ^[[on Tuesday]] was that the members were engaged in the discussion of important business until near 5 oclock [[start page]] clear with clouds [[preprinted]]SUNDAY, MAY 7, 1865.[[/preprinted]] Clear Monday & Miss Baker called to discuss the propriety of having an other meeting for the purpose of carrying out the law relative to the disabled soldiers home - am to meet on Tuesday evening at Admiral Davies [[end page]]