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further with coarse and thick strawboard paper. Dictated letters most of the day.
Aug. 26 Went to New York [[margin strikethrough]] will [[/margin strikethrough]] took lunch with [[underline]] Evans [[/underline]] at Mouquin's. Then met [[underline]] Creevey [[/underline]] at 1 P.M. did not expect me. says contract not yet ready. Went to [[underline]] Hooker [[/underline]] Electrochemical Co. Nobody there. Met [[Moses?]] of [[?Schnierund's?]] Co. in Pine street he tells me somebody [[underline]] (Schweitzer?}[[/underline]] told him [[underline]] bad news about Bakelite [[/underline] that [[underline]] [[Eliberfeld?]] [[/underline]] people where making great progress and had [[underline]] already displaced me at General Electric Co. [[/underline]] all of which I was not aware. I suppose it is mostly curious talk of Schweitzer. and very stupid if spiteful at that.
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Had 30 minutes to spare so went to aquarium. then at [[strikethrough]]2 PP.M [[/strikethrough]] 2 P.M went to meet Peters Patterson & Swan & son of Williams. Showed them samples of Boonton which convinced them what can be done with Bakelite. While Swan was not there read them letter of [[underline]] Steinberg [[/underline]] offering his services as manager for $3000 a year. Advised them to unite with [[underline]] Boonton Rubber [[/underline]] Co. which was received favorably. called Seabury up at phone and made appointment for tomorrow at 2 P.M. This morning I met [[underline]] Leopold De Muth [[/underline]] he showed me several samples of transparent pipe stems which had darkened also slab of Bakelite made in Vienna which has turned [[underline]] very dark [[/underline]]. I showed him slice of very pale [[underline]]Bakelite[[/underline]]
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Transcription Notes:
It looks like Hooker Chemical Company would make sense, but Chemical doesn't seem to match that writing. Yes, Hooker Electrochemical Company is correct. And it's Boonton. But the other names are very hard to tie down. HK