Appendix 1

New (actually old) information that I've found recently.

Searching through some old LSA files I found what looks like an early transcript/translation of Mahmud's Diary with a different sequence of events.

The current print version of the Diary mentions the following (see 2- The basic source):

"Upon leaving the meeting, He gave ten pounds for the poor. Later, sitting in Professor Black's home (the note says the name was unclear "and could be Blake.) surrounded by admirers, He showered kindness upon all. The professor accompanied the Master to the town of Worcester, located about 50 miles from Boston. "

This led me to question the fact that he rested at Blakeslee's house in Boston THEN left for Worcester.  But is is unlikely since a couple of paragraphs later it specifically states:

"In two hours we reached Worcester. The Master accepted the professor's invitation to rest for a while in his home. After tea Abdu'l-Baha went to the meeting at the university, "

The document that I recently found contains the following:

"When leaving He gave Ten Pounds (English money) towards the help of the poor.  He sat in the automobile of Professor ------------- which was surrounded by the people.  He showed kindness to all.  The said Professor accompanied the Blessed One to the town of ---------- which is a distance of fifty miles from Boston ........."


Unfortunately there's no date on this document but it was found among other documents with dates ~ 1970's (a couple of decades earlier than the current translation/edition of the Diary of 1997), so I'm guessing that this is a translation of an early Farsi edition, probably made around the same time that the Talk was translated and given to Clark U. in 1971. 

This could answer my question about "a house in Boston" and where was it that The Master went before traveling to Worcester, and after visiting the Denison House.