Concord - Boston - Bethel
Wea. [Weather] Wed. [Wednesday] Sept. 16, 1903 [September 16, 1903] Ther. [Thermometer]
A.M. clear & hot. P.M.
cloudy & oppressively sultry with
showers & strong wind at evening.
  Spent A.M. at farm. Long & 
four men working at Ritchie place
taking out rocks. They have 
made excellent progress.
  Dined at cabin, took 12.35
train to Boston, called at office,
met Dr. Goldthwaite at his office
at 3.30 to talk over C.'s [Caroline's] case
Dined with Mr. Leverett at Union 
Club at 6.30, spent night at [?].
Wea. [Weather] Thursday 17 [September 17, 1903] Ther. [Thermometer]
A.M. clear, P.M. cloudy
with showers at evening. Cooler
but yet rather sultry.
  Left Boston by 9 A.M. train
Eastern R.R. Reached Bethel
at 4.30 P.M. & was met at
station by George Farnsworth.
At the house I found [?]
Mrs. Gehring Prof. Tausig [Frank William Taussig] of
Harvard, Mr. Preston,
& Mrs. Hittinger. Stobel left
this afternoon.
Wea. [Weather] Fri. [Friday] Sept. 18, 1903 [September 18, 1903] Ther. [Thermometer]
Clear & cooler with light W. [West] wind.
  Spent A.M. writing letters &
working on text Cambridge Birds.
  The Doctor went to the woods 
below the house with me in
P.M. He has made a smooth
well-graded path there. We
amused ourselves by burning a
big pile of brushwood in one of
the openings.
Wea. [Weather] Saturday 19 [September 19, 1903] Ther. [Thermometer]
33 [degrees]
Brilliantly clear with strong
cold N.W. [Northwest] wind.
  Spent most of A.M. burning
brush in the woods below the
house. Went there again in
P.M. with the Doctor who
cut down a number of trees
which we trimmed & burned.
  Birds seem unusually scarce.
A lot of people at house at
evening. We played games of various
kinds.