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[[strikethrough]] April 26 Monday went to New[[/strikethrough]]
who has returned from Boonton and reports progress in molding. [[underlined]] Things seem to go too slowly for me.[[/underlined]]

Sunday 26 Reading and writing all day.
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Monday 27 Nothing particular.
Tuesday 28 Coal is being delivered. I went to New York. D & T. Co where I had conference with Lansing on several patent matters (charge 1/2 day).[[margin note -  X 1/2]] [[underlined in red]]Then went hunting for an experimental hydraulic press [[/underlined]]
April 29. 25 evergreens have arrived (pine trees)
Spent all morning planting them
April 30. Left for Albany meeting of Am Electrochemical Society.
Took 12:40 M. train to Albany with Baskerville and Neil Potter
The latter came back from Rawhide Nevada where
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he had been engaged in gold mining since the financial difficulties of Geo. Westinghouse for whom he formerly was the private research chemist.
Went to the Ten Eyck hotel where most members were in session.
[[underlined in red]]I showed samples of Bakelite to Potter [[/underlined]]and explained preparation
In the evening met [[underlined in red]]Bancroft, Hering White, Carveth and many others also Parsons [[/underlined]] and showed them my samples of Bakelite and [[underlined in red]] explained manufacture of same. Everybody seems very much interested in my invention. [[/underlined]]
May 1 All went to Schenectady by trolley-car. More papers were read at Union College. The principal paper being one read
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