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clear      [[preprinted]]TUESDAY, MARCH 21, 1865 [[/preprinted]]
The brick work all out of the south entrance architect making drawings.
Avanced 38 dollars to pay out for for exploration in Central America with which Mt Shott is connected.
Advanced to Mr Baird to pay transportation 250 dolls-200 dolls [[?]]
Returned to Mrs. Mineaus the records of observation which her husband had [made] offered her 200 dolls for this same weeks ago. She considers this a [[?]] I cannot [[conservatively?]]give none [[image - x with four dots symbol]]
Engaged in signing the acknowledgements of books
Read the debate in the Senate on the resolution to pay gold for the interest on Smithsonian Bonds on another Bequest

[[image - x with four dots symbol]] This I am informed was sold for four hundred Dollars to Mr Hickey of Penn -a [[a superscripted]]
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Clear     [[preprinted]]WEDNESDAY, MARCH 22, 1865 [[/preprinted]]     
Heavy rain last night
Engaged preparing a life of Wells
 then another on Dew' for the next report
Hear Mr Eliott read a part of his translation on the progress of [[nutionology?]] from the German for the report. [[image - x with four dots symbol]] 
Mr. E. also gave me an account of his rather irrational recusatus on electricity or rather electric dynamics.
Mr. Gill is engaged in collecting all new books into the library-

[[cross with four dot symbol]] Mr. Eliott never finished this translation
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