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Title
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Transcribed Diary Notes, 1899, Part 1_007
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Alternative Title
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Transcribed Diary Notes, 1899, Part 1
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Date
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1899
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Creator
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Elizabeth Van Sant
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Description
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Elizabeth Van Sant transcribed letters
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Identifier
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321301
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Transcription
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6 We got a pair of tweezers, and taking hold of the skin which she had shed from her abdomen, held her up for about twenty minutes while she freed her legs. The process was much the same as I had witnessed before, but it was new to Frank. We could not help wondering if ever a spider had shed her skin under such novel circumstances. - For about a month she has had little appetite. Although the cockroaches which we put into her cage always finally disappeared, we were never sure that she had eaten them. April 5 Tonight Mica was walking about her cage on stilts! with a cockroach clamped in her falces. We are relieved. April 6 On the way down town we heard the juncos, and also the note of the kinglet, but had no chance to ascertain whether ruby- or golden-crowned. Just as I was putting on my hat to go to lunch, I saw, from the third floor of the city hall, a purple martin passing the office window. There proved to be two whirling about the tower, both males, taking a survey of their old grounds. They perched on wires, and investigated their old nesting sites. They were perfectly silent, and when I returned from lunch they had gone. April 9 Start at 9:50 for the Griffen farm, going by way of Hanscom Park. Just after crossing the belt line, had an excellent opportunity to get
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Rights
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