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Clear      [[preprinted]]FRIDAY, MARCH 17, 1865.[[/preprinted]]    violent storm
in the night wind rain without thunder.
The high wind last night gave a fair trial to the towers of the Institution which still stand apparently firmly on their bases.
Alexander approves of the plan of bricking up some of the windows of the high towers and lining the whole with brick.
The question now is whether to put the main entrance to the larger upper room in front or rear. the latter will give the greatest amount of working space.
Engaged all the morning in making our instructions for the meteorological observations to the telegraph part of Behring Straits.
The party started for N.Y. in the line of this evening. Eliott & Buinmeister have been two visitors and mine connected with this Institution
Gold has gone down to to 68 today
Mr Holton who left with the institution papers relative to an agreement between himself and his sister as to the disposition of a farm for benevolent objects
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clear      [[preprinted]]SATURDAY, MARCH 18, 1865. [[/preprinted]]
wrote to Dr Tonney relative his Botanical paper. Sent letter of general introduction to Kennicott. Lest 6 mo of Bulletin of NY as - [[d superscript]] of Museum[[?]] to Dr Hull Penn [[y superscript (Pennsylvania)]] Avenue. Rec[[d superscript]] a communication from  Rev W Hall of Trenton relative to life of Mr Dayton.
Called at the Treasury received order for the payment of our interest in coin.
Attended Light-House Board - The committee on Fog signals must meet for examining all the contrivances submitted to the Board before June.
Workmen engaged in taking down beams in the rear vestibule
Meeting of the club. Mr Taytin[[?]] advised getting up a set of stereographic crystal models -
Wrote to Paris for a set
New petroleum Lamps give musical sounds which could be modulated by diminishing it [[naturally?]] [[rapidly?]] of flow of air
Mr [[Hotan?]] called relative to the formation of his society for the education of the orphan children of soldiers
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