Cambridge
Ther. [Thermometer] Wed. [Wednesday] Dec. 22, 1909 [December 22, 1909] Wea. [Weather] 
Fine
 Clear & cold with fresh W, [west] wind.
  Spent day in Museum
writing letters. Sent a rather
long one to Wayne, who is
indignant because Bent has been
promoted to the class of Fellows in
A.O.U [American Ornithologists Union] in advance of himself
and a short one to Dr. Walcott about
the matter of Gulls in reservoirs.
Billcliffe & his men working in house
& Museum. Miss Stinson & E.R.S. [Elizabeth R. Simmons] at
lunch. C. [Caroline] still on her couch. Larry
in Newbury St. Hospital where he
has been nearly 3 weeks.
  Saw Almy this evening about making
an examination into the value of this
real estate standing as security for the
mortgages in our trust.
  No birds about the place to-day.

Cambridge - Boston
Ther. [Thermometer] Thurs. [Thursday] Dec. 23, 1909 [December 23, 1909] Wea. [Weather] 
Fine.
 Clear & mild with light W. [West] wind.
  Spent forenoon in Museum
writing letters. To Boston at
12.15 meeting Almy at
Union club at 1 & lunching with
him there. Saw Harry Cunningham,
Frank Eustis & others I know.
At 2.15 Almy & I went to 15 
State St. & had a talk with Arthur
about G.E.M. & the Trust. Almy
thought it would be enough for the
present to examine the mortgages.  
  He did not think anything should
be said by us to my cousin or 
to G.E.M. He & I then went to
the safety vaults & spent about 1 1/2 hours
there taking a list of about 2/3 of the
mortgages with rather full data. At 4 I
returned to 15 State St. spent about an
hour talking with Mackintire. Did a little 
shopping & got home at 6.
[margin]Mr. Poland sent me a [female] Shoveler Duck in flesh shot
by him at Barnstable Dec 12. Also a book on [?] Bird's [?][/margin]