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Orville Wright, [Diary Entry], September 1902Text from
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[1 September 1902, Monday - Orville Wright Diary,
Kill Devil Hills]
[2 September 1902, Tuesday - Orville Wright Diary, Kill Devil Hills] Continued raising of house & sawing of lumber. Weather Data for 2 September 1902 [3 September 1902, Wednesday - Orville Wright Diary, Kill Devil Hills ] Did nothing in morning but measure height of Big Hill. Angle 10 ½º : 545 ft. = 99.32 ft. high. [Page 4] In the afternoon laid foundation & floor to addition to building. Dan Tate not present (wife sick); Tom brought milk, nails, etc., and mail. Weather Data for 3 September 1902 [4 September 1902, Thursday - Orville Wright Diary, Kill Devil Hills] Continued erection of addition to building. Erected frame, put on roof slates and siding. Work interfered with by rain. Weather Data for 4 September 1902 [5 September 1902, Friday - Orville Wright Diary, Kill Devil Hills] Put on tar-paper roofing. O.W. sick. In bed most of day. Saw buzzard soar on north side of Big Hill, standing in one position. Weather Data for 5 September 1902 [6 September 1902, Saturday - Orville Wright Diary, Kill Devil Hills] [Page 5] Put on lath on new part of building. Moved kitchen to new part. Built “patent” beds under roof. Saw eagle sail out from top of Big Hill, rising higher & higher till it finally sailed away. Weather Data for 6 September 1902 [7 September 1902, Sunday - Orville Wright Diary, Kill Devil Hills] W.J. [William J.] Tate came down at 10 a.m. and stayed for dinner. Will wrote letters to M.W. [Milton Wright] & C.L. Wood, taking them to Kitty Hawk in the afternoon. Weather Data for 7 September 1902 [8 September 1902, Monday - Orville Wright Diary, Kill Devil Hills] Cleaned out building preparatory to beginning work on new [Page 6] machine. Killed two mice, one with stick, the other with gun. Chased hungry razorbacks, and finally began work on machine at a little after 2 p.m. Worked till 5:30. Completed frame of upper surface ready for ribs. Weather Data for 8 September 1902
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