Boston -Washington.
Wea. [Weather] Wed. [Wednesday] Jan. 15, 1908 [January 15, 1908] Ther. [Thermometer]
22 [degrees]
Clear & colder. High N.W. [Northwest] wind.
  A strenuous day. Breakfast at 8, a
walk across the Garden & Common with Jeffries
at 8.40 reaching 15 State St. about 9.
Spent most of afternoon in our office. Saw
Gilbert, W. Deane & J.L. Brewster there. Signed
a lot of quarterly cheques. Directed purchases of 5
more Mass. bonds [Massachusetts bonds] for the Estate. Lunched at
"Bunch of Grapes". Executive Com. [Executive Committee] meeting in Globe
building 2-5 P.M. Annual meeting Fish & Game Ass. [Massachusetts Fish and Game Protective Association] 
in basement Westminster Hotel 7.30-10.30. Read,
Hennon, Wiggin & others attacked our Com [Committee] bitterly.
I asked to have my name withdrawn from nomination
but was relected President. The opposition elected about
4 of their men on the Committee. It was a lively time.

Wea. [Weather] Thursday 16 [January 16, 1908] Ther. [Thermometer]
40 [degrees] at Boston.
Cloudy & warmer with rain in forenoon.
  Left Boston at 9.04 A.M. by Colonial Ex. [Colonial Express]
for Washington which i reached at 9.45 P.M.
A little fresh fallen snow in Conn. [Connecticut] Worked
at intervals through day on a letter to
Fish & Game Ass. [Massachusetts Fish and Game Protective Association] declining to serve again
as President. Read magazines, also.
Found Mr. & Mrs. Buck on the train
& talked with them about Jaffrey where
I met them in 1898 or 9. They were on
their way to Pinehurst to-day. On
reaching the Gordon about 10 found C. [Caroline Brewster]
as well as usual.

Washington.
Wea. [Weather] Fri. [Friday] Jan. 17, 1908 [January 17, 1908] Ther. [Thermometer]
Clear, calm, mild. A delightful day, one
of the very pleasantest of the winter.
  Spent forenoon writing letters in the
lobby of the Gordon. To Dr. Allen's at
1.45. He worked on my teeth about an
hour. On my way back to hotel bought
some underclothes & a pot of primroses
for our parlor. Worked on Umbagog M.S. [Umbagog manuscript]
in late P.M. Henry came at 8.15 and
stayed until 9.30. He is having much 
trouble with intestinal indigestion. I have
a heavy cold which started in Boston.

Wea. [Weather] Saturday 18 [January 18, 1908] Ther. [Thermometer]
Partly cloudy. Rather mild but with
chill east wind.
  Heard a Cardinal chirping in the
grounds at the rear of the Gordon
as I was eating breakfast. To Dr. Allen's
at 9 A.M. He kept me about an hour
taking a plaster cast of my lower jaw
for use in making a plate.
  Returned to the Garden at 10.30
& spent the remainder of the day
there writing letters & M.S. [manuscript] in the
lobby. C. [Caroline] went to the Columbia in
P.M. with Miss Gregerson to see the "Red Mill."