Wea. [Weather] THUR. [Thursday] JUNE 28, 1900 Ther. [Thermometer]
  A.M. clear & hot; thunder showers
in P.M. & evening.
  Drove to Concord at 8 A.M.
Made one or two calls & transacted
some business. Took 12 M. train
for Lancaster to visit C. at Mrs.
Holman's. At 5 P.M. C. [Caroline], E. R. S. [Elizabeth R. Simmons],
Miss Holman, Miss Oliver, Miss Ward
& I started in two carriages for
Ponnikin Hill. We drove over smooth
roads thro [through] beautiful woods for several
miles. 
Wea. [Weather] FRIDAY [June] 29 Ther. [Thermometer]
  Clear & nearly as warm as yesterday
but with more & fresher air.
With E. R. S. left Lancaster at 7.30
We parted at Ayer I going to Groton
to try a horse & returning to
Concord at 10.10 Peterson met
me & we drove first to the farm
then to the cabin where I dined.
Busy with the [?] in P.M.
Walter Deane arrived at 5.30.
We walked to Davis's Hill &
back over Pine Ridge after supper.
Concord Cambridge
Wea. [Weather] SAT. [Saturday] JUNE 30, 1900 Ther. [Thermometer]
  Brilliantly clear & much cooler
with strong bracing N. W. wind.
  Walter & I went to the farm at
8 A.M. & spent the forenoon
walking back through the woods.
Saw a Raccoon in Davis's Swamp.
It started about 30 yds. away &
ran rather slowly, trotting & cantering,
along the swamp path out of sight.
Heard very few birds. Returned to
Cambridge with Walter by 6 P.M. train.
Wea. [Weather] SUN. [Sunday] JULY 1 Ther. [Thermometer]
  Clear & cool with strong N.W. wind 
  56 [degrees] 7 A.M.
  72 [degrees] noon
  To the First Church with the Almy's
in A.M. to hear Mr. Crowthers.
Afterwards we all went over the Phillips
Brooks house. Saw several parties of
the newly arrived Cuban students in
the college yard.
  Dined with Mrs. Simmons & Loring
at the Thayer's In P.M. Gilbert &
I packed my trunks for the start
to Jaffrey to-morrow.