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[[vertical annotation in red in left margin]] ION - Washington [[/left margin]]
At [[red underline]] Washington Corinthian Yacht Club [[/red underline]] (Virginia end of Highway Bridge) tied up at Mr. Reeds mooring Well sheltered [[strikethrough]] alth [[/strikethrough]] and easily accessible altho' somewhat noisy in neighborhood of the two bridges. Very little water traffic here. At [[red underline]] Bellevue Magazine [[/red underline]] was glad to see pier was already extended to deep channel preparatory to the building of [[red underline]] the Naval Laboratory.  In 1916 I was the only one of the Naval Consulting Board [[/red underline]] advocating this site. [[red underline]] Whitney [[/red underline]] was favorable to it but  preferred to vote for [[red underline]] Annapolis [[/red underline]] Last year [[red underline]] everybody but Edison [[/red underline]] rallied to my own conclusions so finally laboratory [[red underline]] will be
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built on site which I strongly [[/red underline]] recommended against all others! Afternoon 3 P.M. I went with [[red underline]] George Roll [[/red underline]] to City. Mr Reed is a chemist and works under [[red underline]] Dr. Alsberg [[/red underline]] and drove me to the latters laboratory. talked about corncobs, told him that [[red underline]] Royal Baking powder [[/red underline]] was interested and my past work in connection with [[red underline]] racenine acid [[/red underline]] and how I should like to investigate possibility of making [[red underline]] wood alcohol by distilling corn cobs. [[/red underline]] Then went to [[red underline]] Cosmos Club where was gladdened by cheerful greetings of my old friends [[/red underline]] At dusk George Roll and I returned to [[red underline]] Ion..[[/red underline]]

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Went to call at [[red underline]] Brickenstein [[/red underline]] to talk over pending [[red underline]] patent matters [[/red underline]] and trade mark interference. Townsend is away. Then for
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