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[[preprinted]] MONDAY, APRIL 16, 1866 [[/preprinted]]
Morning. Down town to office. Send Starr with alcohol to Dr. Kellogg and pants to Geimans. Caldwell to Keiths to prepare Aleuts medicine. Step into Stearns office and see about Academy Rooms. Down to Keiths and work in a state of mental exacerbation, over the Wrights, Rutgers, and Army Medicine chests. About 1°.13' start for the door when the explosion of nitro-glycerine at Wells Fargo's shakes the town. Up to the scene, and back to Keiths where I assist on the wounded for some time. Up to the office; round with Lewis, to Acad. rooms with Stearns and dine with him. Academy meeting in evening.

[[preprinted]] TUESDAY 17 [[/preprinted]]
Morning. Down town with the boys. Stop at the office. Get order from Wicker about boxes. &c. stop in to see Stearns & his arrival from Damon which dont amount to much. Down to Hubbards, leave note for Hepburn at Faulkner, Bells. Down to Keiths, work on medicine &c. Send Caldwell down to the Wright to see sick Aleut and go to Geimans and to Dr. Kelloggs. Up to Whitneys office and work for a little while. To consuls O.K. relapsed, and down town again. See Stearns. Down to ship dress and go up to Miss Hapgoods, and spend the evening pleasantly at Lunts.

[[preprinted]] WEDNESDAY 18 [[/preprinted]]
Morning. Steamer sails for Panama. Wright comes alongside the Gate and Bark. Mary Hicks with [[coal?]] alongside Nightingale. See Conlin ab't boxes. Down town to office. Stearns and Keith, Starr objects to carrying a bundle down Montgomery St. so do it my self and after work is over, order him to report to Libby for duty. Work at Survey Rooms and down to ship stopping at Rulofsens by the way. See Mrs. & Miss. Lewis. Spend the evening moving my traps on board the Nightingale  pro. tem.

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[[preprinted]] THURSDAY, APRIL 19, 1866 [[/preprinted]]
Morning. Down town with Caldwell stop at office and see Stearns who has a tremendous lot of shells, mostly cowries, from Gove. Step into Shultzes, Van Bergens and other liquor dealers and test alcohol which is good. Step into Keiths and set Frittzs at work, rewriting the inventories. Up to Survey Rooms and work a while. Set Caldwell at work moving traps aboard the Nightingale Hepburn comes in and at 3 P.M. go and assist him to move out of the ruins. Call into Stearns' & down to ship. Evening. Talk with the Captain and go up town. Call at the Consuls & Mrs Hapgoods. Olga better

[[preprinted]] FRIDAY 20 [[/preprinted]]
Morning. Get Carpenter at work in my room. Down to the office with Bob. Stop at Stearns who has another invoice of shells. Leave photograph at Rulofsen cap at Nicholsons, step into Keiths and work over food for invalids &c. Up to Survey Rooms, King back from Arizona all safe. See to Kegs, stencil &c. over to Ks. Down to Stearns & see Hepburn leave shells at Nucleus; down aboard. Evening call with Capt. Scammon & Mrs [[S?]] on Mis Hapgood call on Mrs Brackett. Down to see the Colonel and to Maquires to hear the "Hunchback" with Harry.

[[preprinted]] SATURDAY 21 [[/preprinted]]
Morning. Down town with Bob C. Stop at the office, another nitroglycerine explosion reported at Panama and fifty lives lost. Stop at Stearns office for a minute. See Col. Bulkley who assures me that Henry Elliott is coming down. Down to Keiths where the new medicine chest has arrived, it is very handsomely  made of yellow pine, varnished. Work nearly all day over it making out lists. Down to Survey Rooms work a while. Walk down with Bugbee, and in the evening go up to the Park & call at Mrs. de Ros

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Transcription Notes:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aleut - medicine from Aleuts etc