-12th-
We reached Washington yesterday evening
& put up at "Raleigh". Have seen no one
& will go over to New York tonight.
-13th-
We left Washington yesterday at noon
& reached New York last night - put up
at the "Imperial" - 32nd and Broadway
Went down town today & met Stephen
Birch at 45 Bdway. He introduced me
to Mr. Ralph and a Mr. Schultz - both
of whom he tells me are interested in his
copper enterprise at Valdez. Went to
lunch with him and a mining expert by the
name of Keller - at down town Delmon
-ico - below Wall St. Also called on
Walter Boardman & asked him to
inform his wife (nee Mary Smith of
Tacoma) that Mrs. Wickersham was
