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Maryland by Lord Baltimore.  Restful happy feeling to see the children grow up so nicely.
Beautiful clear moonlight but very windy day.
March 5  Big snow fall.  Blizzard has thrown up high snowbanks This makes matter rather difficult for outside work  Have to dig in the snow for locating curb.  Planning new building & dictating letters.  Afternoon went to New York to preside meeting of N.Y. Section Am. Chem. Society.  [[underlined]] Wiechman [[/underlined]] was at Savoy Hotel.  He showed [[strikethrough]] him [[/strikethrough]] me what he has accomplished with Bakelite
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and Corusko and asked my advice for further work which I did  Came home at 12:30 P.M with Evans.  Bright clear cold night.
March 6.  I find Insurance Co. offers only $2700 for loss of barn.  I told immediately to Armstrong to stop work on ruined barn.  Mr. Mee the insurance expert on buildings came here at my request.  I showed him the barn and without trying to influence him otherwise than stating my facts as to condition of the barn and to show him that his
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