Washington - Rutherford.
Ther. [Thermometer] MON. APRIL 26, 1909 [Monday, April 26, 1909] Wea. Weather]
Sunny.
Sunny but hazy. Cool.
  Left Washington by 10 A.M.
train. Geo. Kettell [George Kettell] met me at
Jersey City which I reached 
at 3.15. We took train for
Rutherford together. After seeing
Lotty & Emmy at the house he
drove me about Rutherford
for an hour or more in an open 
buggy with one of his white horses.
Vegetation about 10 days behind
that at Washington. Saw only
a few birds, an Oven bird, a
number of Robins & a few Chippies [Chipping Sparrows].
Spent evening in parlor with
family before open fire, George &
I smoking our pipes.
Rutherford to Cambridge.
Ther. [Thermometer] TUES., APRIL 27, 1909 [Tuesday, April 27, 1909] Wea. [Weather]
Cloudy.
Cloudy with cool southerly winds.
  Left Rutherford at 9 A.M. On
reaching New York went directly
to American Museum to attend
Semi-annual meeting Directors Nat. 
Audubon Society [National Audubon Society], 10.30 [A.M.] - 12.30 P.M.
Present Allen [Dr. Joel A. Allen], Dutcher [William Dutcher], Dwight [Dr. Jonathan Dwight, Jr.],
Lucas [Dr. Frederick A. Lucas], Dr. [Herman C.] [Bumpus], Palmer [Dr. Theodore S. Palmer],
Mrs. Wright [Mrs. Mabel Osgood Wright] . Vote passed authorizing
me to confer with Dr. Wolcott [Dr. Robert Henry Wolcott]
about Gulls [gulls] polluting reservoirs. I
left Allen's room at 12.15 to take
1 P.M. train to Boston. Arrived
there at 5.50. Country had a
winterish look after passing New
London. Went to Grundmann
Studios & dined with Will &
Alice Stone. Got home at 10
P.M. & found Purdie at the house.
