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Collector: Grinnell - 1925
Location: San Diego
Date: March 3, 1925
Page Number: 2454
fairly cheerful - about as he was in 1910, at
the time of the Colorado River expedition. But
he is forgetful, and shows his old age plainly -
and normally. He doesn't approve of the ways
of Huey! But his perceptions are dim.
I am quite favorably impressed with the earnestness
and general good judgement of Clinton G. Abbott,
Director of the Museum here. He seems to have the
confidence of many of the foremost business-men
of the city. This noon he took me to the
University Club to lunch, with Mr. Joseph W. Sefton,
Jr., a banker. The latter is now President of the
San Diego Society of Natural History and a good patron.
Sunday evening I called on Mr. + Mrs. Albert M.
Ingersoll and they invited over Mr. + Mrs. John
Burnham. Ingersoll have a wonderful, well cared-
for collection of birds' eggs, nearly all taken
by himself during the past 40 years. And
Burnham, a man of 58 or so and successful
in real estate, emulates him. The latter, too, is
treasurer of the San Diego society of Natural History.
Burnham has a son, Gordon, in business with him,
when I met. He has been into the San
Pedro Martir section of Lower California, and through
him and several others I have learned much
of possible use as to how to get about among
the people of that territory. This information
I am writing to Lamb.
Notes and Questions
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Note: I put (?) symbols right after places where I am unsure of my transcription, but can envision no alternate suggestions.
Unk. 1: suggest 'earnestness'; 2: 'many' ; 3: Albert M. Ingerson (like Ingersol Rand -- per census lists, there was an A M Ingersol in San Diego in 1930, home value $7500; 5: San Pedro Martir in Baja. Google Maps is sometimes useful in identifying localities.
unknown1 Resolved: now "earnestness"
unknown2 resolved: now "many"
unknown3 resolved: now "Ingersoll", who was a San Diego naturalist at the time
unknown4 partly resolved: looks like "nearly" (?), although this does not necessarily make sense in the context of the sentence, so I kept the (?)
unknown5 resolved: now "Martir" - Sierra de San Pedro Martir is a mountain range in Baja California