Field notes: Eastern United States trip, book 1, v4545
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May 26 N.Y. 81 same impression - of superlative consciousness of personal achievement! May 27 Dear. Mrs. - just learned some interesting things from Miss Melloy, typographer in Dr. Allen's office. She has used the same machine for 5 years! - type wobbly, worn out generally. Yet expeditions are sent at great expense continually. No worry to get new machines, or to properly arrange collections! Dr. Allen is very economical in all office expenditures. May 28 Out to Long Island, where we were entertained by John Lewis's children at his Floral Park home. He is a self-made man in truth, not at all educated, pretty conceited, but with lots of ambition industry and ingenuity. His