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56 [[vertical annotation in red in left margin]] Peter Roll [[/left margin]] [[underline]] Nov. 3 [[/underline]](Sunday) Delightfully restful day in Snug Rock. [[underline red]] Dear little Peter Roll [[/underline red]] on a visit. [[underline red]] Charming boy full [[/underline red]] of health enterprise and good spirits. Evening back to University Club. Delightful day [[underline]] Nov 4 [[/underline]] Dr. Elbel leaves tomorrow Conference with Strauss, Hays & Rossi concerning change contract with Germany. [[underline red]] Fearful further drop on prices in Wall Street [[/underline red]] [[vertical annotation in red in left margin]] Wall Street [[/left margin]] [[underline]] Nov. 5 [[/underline]] Election day in New York. General Squier at Century Club for several days. ^[[Nov. 6.]] Further drop in prices in Wall street but does not concern us [[strikethrough]] Nov. 6 [[/strikethrough]] Nov. 7. Great [[underline red]] uneasiness in Wall street [[/underline red]] and banking circles. [[strikethrough]] Gave lecture in Columbia on "Intellectual property rights and chemical patents." Well filled room. [[/strikethrough]]. 4 P.M Evening monthly dinner at [[end page]] [[start page]] 57 [[underline red]] Century Club [[/underline red]] Nov 8. & 9. [[underline red]] Great fluctuations of prices in Wall street. [[underline red]] Bought some stock for Bakelite Corporation and for myself at bargain prices [[underline]] Nov 10 [[/underline]](Sunday) Home for luncheon and dinner evening back at University Club [[underline]] Nov 11. [[/underline]] [[vertical annotation in red in left margin]] Naval Consulting Board [[/left margin]] Meeting [[underline red]] Naval Consulting Board [[/underline red]] [[strikethrough]] at [[/strikethrough]] Drove to Edison's laboratory in bus, then back to [[underline red]] Century Club [[/underline red]] where had dinner followed by executive meeting after Naval officers and non members had retired [[underline red]] Whitney, Miller, Hutchinson, Aldrich, Riker Sellers, Robbins Arnold Brion, Saunders there Sperry in Japan. Thayer away and Coffin ill. [[/underline red]] [[vertical annotationnin red in left left margin]] Edison [[/left margin]] [[underline red]] Edison [[/underline red]] was in excellent humor [[underline red]] stone deaf [[/underline red]] but full of wits and showing [[underline red]] excellent memory when asking me about details [[/underline red]]
