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Hitchcock that he would send an instructed operator and observer, with 

 a complete set of meteorological instruments, to Mt. Washington, and 

 requested that one weather report might be forwarded to him daily by- 

 telegraph. This report would be bulletined along with those from other 

 stations, and a copy of it furnished to the principal daily journals in the 

 country. After some delay, Sergeant Theodore Smith, U. S. A., started 

 from Washington, and reached the mountain early in December. 



The complete organization of the expedition was as follows : 



C. H. Hitchcock, state geologist, with office in Hanover connected by 

 telegraph with the summit of Mt. Washington. 



J. H. Huntington, assistant state geologist, in charge of the observ- 

 atory upon the mountain. 



S. A. Nelson, observer. 



A. F. Clough and H. A. Kimball, photographers. 



Theodore Smith, observer and telegrapher for the signal service. 



The mountain was occupied for scientific observation during a period 

 of six months, from Nov. 12, 1870, to May 12, 1871. From that time to 

 the present, the observations have been continued by the United States 

 signal service, this being adopted as one of their regular stations. 



Narrative of the Expedition. 



The meteorological records of the expedition have been made the sub- 

 ject of a separate portion of this work. It has been thought, also, that, 

 in addition to these, some account of the doings and experiences of the 

 party while on the summit would be sought for in these pages. Extracts 

 from the journal of the expedition, kept by Mr. Huntington, from Nov. 

 12 to Dec. 20, and subsequently by Mr. Nelson, together with its history 

 from the beginning, and a statement of its results, were in due time 

 arranged and pubUshed.* All who were connected with the expedition 

 contributed to this work, which was "addressed, as their official I'eport, to 

 those friends who furnished the means of establishing this Arctic observ- 

 atory." Portions have been selected from this work for presentation 

 here, so far as to show some of the most noteworthy experiences of a 

 life in winter upon Mt. Washington. 



* Mt. Washington in Winter. Boston ; Chick & Andrews, 1871. 



