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showery    [[preprinted]]SUNDAY, APRIL 16, 1865.[[/preprinted]]

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the representation of the proprietors of this company to advise the Board to place it at the Point just named and to order another for experiments by Daboll.
Fogs are most common in June and our experiments ought to be made at that time. We want for the purpose an apparatus which can be put up beside and compared with a bell and other apparatus and then removed to another place.
After this I visited the steam shop Neptune company's establishment - was introduced to Capt Nigh long known as the sailor of boats on the sound
I next called on Dr. Torrey was agreeably surprised to learn that the Dr had been ordered to California with an assistant from the Treasury Department to go with.
I next started in the 4 o'clock train for Phil[[d superscript]] but did not arrive until near eleven o'clock 
had a most tedious and uncomfortable passage
New York was in a state of intense excitement on account of the death of the President. Large bodies of men were even gathering in squads at various points and fears were intertained(sic) that there would be outbreaks of popular feeling.

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Phil d[[superscript]]
Rainy in morning [[preprinted]]MONDAY, APRIL 17, 1865. [[/preprinted]] clear in the middle and after part of day

On Sunday heard Dr. Boardman preach a very impressive and eloquent sermon on the event of Friday night. The city much excited and popular feeling strongly against the south.
Called at the Academy of Natural History found there Dr. Alan [[?]] who has written the work on batts(sic)[[busts?]] for the Inst[[on superscript]] also Mr Conrad the paleontologist - The latter intends soon to visit this city will probably stop with us - Inspected the cellar of the Ac[[d superscript]] found plenty of room for our plates but will require a partition wall of brick to separate our space from that of the other part of the cellar the latter being timbered with old boxes and other combustable[[sic]] articles
Next visited Collin's establishment said Mr Birney's books had cost an immense sum for corrections - had no idea of the extent when it was first commenced. Will send me a  duplicate of the account rendered previous to the fire.
Visited the rooms of the American Phil. Society learned from Mr Lesley that the Blackwell manuscript had not yet been received.  Pliney Chase has published a paper on Language in which he quotes from Dr. Graminer & [[Decl?]] of the[[Eusaber?]] language without mentioning the S.I.
Dined with Mr Burt my old friend and pupil
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