Cambridge - Boston
Ther. [Thermometer] Fri. [Friday] May 6, 1910 Wea. [Weather]
Clear & cool.
To Boston at 9.20 A.M. Found
Judge Abbott at our office & talked
with him half an hour or more
explaining what had been done about
the Trustee matter & how it had
come about. He took it hard at first
for he had set his heart on getting the 
position but as soon as he understood
the situation fully he accepted it with
admirable calmness & generosity & said
I had done the only thing possible under
the circumstances. The Academy Trustees
met in our office at 11; present
Abbott, Estabrook, Scott, Mackintire, 
Young & myself. Young was disposed
to be grouty & sullen. We passed a vote
to endorse the action taken by Arthur & me
& to accept Buttrick. I came out at 2.15
& attended meeting of a few Audubon
Directors at Mrs. Bolles 3-4 P.M.
Purdie arrived around at 6.30 & spent night.

Cambridge - Concord.
Ther. [Thermometer] Sat. [Saturday] May 7, 1910 Wea. [Weather]
Partly cloudy.
Forenoon sunny & warm; afternoon cloudy.
  Spent forenoon in Museum writing
letters & cheques for bills. Arthur sent
out a messenger with petition to Probate
Court to appoint Sted Buttrick [Stedman Butterick] Trustee 
in place of Wm. Bassett [William Bassett] resigned. I
signed & sent it back. Purdie departed
about 10. Garden very beautiful now
with violets, dandelions, dogwood,
red bud & snow drop tree in full
bloom & white & purple lilacs partly
out. Apple trees still in full bloom but
pear trees past. No birds in Garden 
except 2 Robins, 3 or 4 Flickers & 1 Chippy.
  To Mus. Comp. Zool. [Museum of Comparative Zoology] at 3 P.M. Saw
Sam Henshaw & Outram Bangs. Met Townsend
in his auto. Took 5.05 train to W. Bed. [West Bedford]
Walked along river path at sunset. 2 Bitterns
pumping. Pheasant crowing, Va. Rail [Virginia Rail] cutta ing,
a Robin & Swamp Sparrow & Oven birds
singing.