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Title
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Transcribed Diary Notes, 1899, Part 2_019
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Alternative Title
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Transcribed Diary Notes, 1899, Part 2
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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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49 Sept. 12 Philip's cage door was opened tonight to permit him to go to his bittersweet as usual; but after a time it was discovered that he was not there. We found him after some searching, crouched in the cup of a hinged iron bracket attached to a door-casing, about sixfeet above the floor. This adjunct probably had been used by some earlier tenant to hold a kerosene lamp. The iron cup fancifully slitted by way of ornamentation, and through these narrow openings we could get glimpses of the runaway, squatted flat in the bottom and almost completely hidden. We did not disturb him, presuming that he considered himself undiscovered. All through the evening we sneaked up from time to time to take a look; always he was watching, obviously much excited over adventure. Maybe he had gotten tired of being awakened so often in the evenings, on his bittersweet. Sorry, if so; but he put on such a good show that we simply couldn't lay off him. Sept. 13 Upon coming out of his cage door tonight, Phil went directly to his new property and cuddled into the iron cup. Sept. 20 Phil's assertion of ownership of the lamp bracket is interesting. He will not allow any of the other birds to alight upon it, and he chases us away if we touch it. He will fight like a soldier defending a citidel , shifting instantly from side to side if we change our point of approach. He sometimes
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Rights
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