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[[underline]] contract [[/underline]] and other patent matters. [[underline]] Townsend leaves [[/underline]] next week on a [[underline]] 3 months trip to Europe. [[/underline]] Karpen also goes to [[underline]] Europe in July. [[/underline]]
[[underline]] June 26 [[/underline]] All morning at office. Afternoon at a play. Evening supper with [[underline]] A.D. Little [[/underline]] at University Club, spoke about [[underline]] Olsen matter [[/underline]] also [[underline]] McKee matters. [[/underline]]
June 27. (Sunday) Home all day
[[underline]] June 28. [[/underline]] Drove to Corinthian Yacht Club to see [[underline]] whether I could buy a small sailboat. [[/underline]] Then to [[underline]] Spuyten Durnel [[/underline]] then to office. Long talk with [[underline]] Rossi trying to reinforce his department [[/underline]] by giving him [[underline]] suitable assistants [[/underline]] who will attend to matters which now are not attended to. He suggest [[underline]] Rupert Lowe, [[/underline]] or [[underline]] Oates. [[/underline]] he omits Shrimpe.  [[underline]] I suggested Layman [[/underline]] (!) who ^[[(my mistake!!!]]
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[[strikethrough]] Know [[/strikethrough]] now does not earn his salary and who is available without disrupting present service organisation. [[underline]] Rossi leaves under order. [[/underline]] Suggested he might try [[underline]] Layman!!! [[/underline]] first and see how it works.
[[underline]] June 29. [[/underline]] At office all day as usually. Went to Mowers office to inquire about Schooner "Casco".
[[underline]] June 30. [[/underline]] At office all morning. Afternoon George B. drove me and Hummphreys (of Mower) and Issen to see the "Casco" at Jacobson Yard City Island. [[underline] Concluded not to buy her [[/underline]] Found [[underline]] dead rot [[/underline]] at several places also on [[strikethrough]] up [[/strikethrough]] upper planks of hull
[[underline]] July 1. [[/underline]] Sent [[underline]] George Baekeland [[/underline]] another check of [[underline]] $35000 [[/underline]] in addition to his former check of [[underline]] $30,000 [[/underline]] making [[underline]] $65000 in all [[/underline]] and to Nina [[underline]] $25000 + 35000 = $60000 in all. [[/underline]]
[[underline]] July 2. [[/underline]] At office all day. Evening at U.C.
[[underline]] July 3. [[/underline]] At home all day.

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Jakobson shipyard was in Brooklyn