DIARY- MTM - m 
October 17. Mr. Wilder and sister left 7 P.M. for Jarfeis Island on Brig Josephine. 
He taking "with him Mr. Emersoii, carpenter Owen, and 49 native labourers, and 
leaving me with the following instructions: 
”Office Am. Guano Co. 
Bakers Island 
October 17th 1860 
Wm.Kinney Esq. 
lou are hereby appointed agent of the Am, Guano Co. on Bakers Island until 
orders from Dr. Judd. You have 32 men. You will take good care of them.} use them 
well; feed them well; and require a proper amount of work. In any question of 
moment you will concur (?) (confer?) with Mr. Colcord, and endeavor to agree upon 
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all points. 
Take care of the property; get down guano, and put the island in shape. 
Trusting in your ability to carry on the work prosperously and peaceably, I am 
very respectfully yours, etc. 
(signed) Samuel G. Wilder 
Agt. Am. Guano Co. " 
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18th. Put away the water which was pooet landed from the Josephine; got down 
20 loads, say 70 tons guano. Very fair beach. 
19th. Got down 25 cars, say 90 tons guano. Commenced moving boat house from the 
Beach. Carpenters at work making gutter. Fine beach. 
20 th. Got down 14 cars, say 50 tons guano. Finished boat-house, and also moved 
lumber and other matter from the beach. Still very fine shipping weather. 
21. Sunday. Sounded water tanks and find I have 10380 galls. all-told. Must 
introduce more economy into this department and hurry up the gutter 
preparatory for rain. 
22nd. Got down say A 90 tons guano. Carpenters making gutter. Got over a 
quantity of old wreck for rail-road on which the blacksmith is at work. 
Not so smooth but yet may be put down as a fair shipping day. 
