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— 1893 —
— July 20 —
— Concord, Mass. —
A most glorious day, taken up by
a trip to “Wayside Inn” by Carrie B. Miss Hay-
ward, Miss Simmons & I, with horse and carryall. We
started about 9.30 and took 2 hrs. It was a most
beautiful drive through 9-Acre-corner, Pantry Meadows,
Sudbury, So. Sudbury, Worcester Road to the Inn.
3 grand White Oaks and one Black Oak are by the
road close by. I measured one of the Quercus alba, and
found it 17 ½ ft. in circumference 5 feet from the ground. The
trunk was hollow with a slit just wide enough to admit one.
The space within would hold a half dozen people. We
spent a delightful 4 hrs. at the Inn. It has been put
in good repair and cleaned of late. We were shown over
the whole of it, and were much interested in the quaint old
rooms, rough-hewn timbers, curious hinges and the like. We
had our lunch in the old dining room, where once
Lafayette & Washington dined. The inn was built
about the beginning of the 18th Century and was
on the main highway between Worceser & Boston.
We took the Peakham Road to Sudbury, and then
home as we went. Pantry Meadows make a most
beautiful sight. Margie and the rest of us
strolled in the evening.
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— July 21 — Concord, Mass. —
Hot day. This A.M. went to Cambridge by train
to attend the funeral of Mrs. J. J. Greenough. Dined
at Mother’s. Called at the Coolidges. Back to
Concord before 6 P.M. Letters from Bebb,
McDonald, Bailey, L.H., Churchill J.R. &c.
After tea we all walked to the Minute Man, and called on Mrs. & the
Misses Prince at the Old Manse.

— July 22 — Concord, Mass. —
2 m.
Total
1027 m.
Hot. Did little to-day but read. Wheeled to the P.O. at noon. Took M.
to row before tea. After P.M. a succession of thunderstorms. –
This A.M. called on Mrs. Hoar. She gave me a photo of Mr. Hoar.