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28 [[vertical annotation in left margin, written in red pencil]] Cost of trip thru New England [[/vertical annotation]] My speedometer registers in all = [[blank space]] miles inclusive to Tolland etc. We spent for hotels inclusive board and hotel for Albert [[red underline]] 153.00 [[/red underline]] or 153/7 -- [[red underline]] $21.70 per day [[/red underline]] [[strikethrough]] exclusive of [[/strikethrough]] to this add $12.00 for groceries and lunches taken on the road making in all $165 or 165/7 = [[red underline]] $23.60 per day [[/red underline]]. for hotels and meals for the four of us, or about $6.00 a day per person. The expenses for the motor car, gas, oil $5.00 repairs, storage, cleaning and other purchases amounted to $87.50 inclusive a new tire of $35.00 or about [[red underline]] $13.00 [[/red underline]] per day for motor car. The total expenses were: $165 for hotels etc 88 for motor car ----- [[red underline]] $253 [[/red underline]] total or about $36.00 a day for the four of us. or about $9.00 a day per person. [[strikethrough]] or about [[/strikethrough]] [[end page]] [[start page]] 29 [[symbol in top left margin]] # [[/symbol]] [[strikethrough]] July 21 (Sunday). A [[/strikethrough]] Afternoon I went to Nyack with my little car to see the [[red underline]] Cygnet [[/red underline]]. Hull is almost repaired with new planking and is scraped. [[red underline]] Petersen [[/red underline]] charges me [[red underline]] $100 [[/red underline]] for raising and hauling out and [[red underline]] Antoninus [[/red underline]] about [[red underline]] $113.00 [[/red underline]] Drove over mountain at [[red underline]] Nyack [[/red underline]] marvelous view over Hudson This would be the place to build a house! Then over Palisade road and finally over that new road to [[red underline]] Dyckman street Ferry [[/red underline]]. An extraordinary road well built but winding and a spectacular view, as impressive if not more impressive than anything I have seen on our recent trip. Home in time for supper. Beautiful evening, clear, and cool weather. July 25 (Sunday) Spent 3 hours studying and revising [[red underline]] Hooker-Dupont [[/red underline]] contract and other [[symbol and annotation in left margin]] # 3 hs [[/symbol and annotation]]
