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tional reasons why we should not accept their [[strikethrough]] claims [[/strikethrough]] proposed contract
[[underline]] Feb 23. [[/underline]] Celebrating today [[red underline]] Washington's Birthday. [[/red underline]] 
Pleasant mild weather. After much urging left here at 9:45 AM so arrived first at Matheson's basin, and had an excellent berth. [[red underline]] Celine Cornelia & Nina had Andrew [[/red underline]] along to help me run the boat. [[strikethrough]] Ida [[/strikethrough]] [[red underline]] Dick took Ida and Peter in the car to show them Miami Beach [[/red underline]] 
More boats came in gradually 
[[red underline]] Ludington [[/red underline]] with his handsome new [[strikethrough]] schooner [[/strikethrough]] [[red underline]] ^[[ketch]] [[/red underline]] shallow draft 
Mrs. [[strikethrough]] James [[/strikethrough]] [[red underline]] Arthur Curtis James houseboat  with all her guests [[/red underline]] several of them old friends of ours. [[red underline]] Dear old Commodore Munroe there. [[/red underline]] He is the [[red underline]] last survivor [[/red underline]] [[strikethrough]] (Thompson [[/strikethrough]] of [[red underline]] the three old commodores who [[/red underline]] were here last year. [[red underline]] Thompson and W.J. Matheson [[/red underline]] died
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since. Fish chowder was excellent. A most enjoyable day and charming weather 
Made our harbor by about 5 P.M. [[red underline]] Little Peter (three years) gave us an exhibition of his cleverless by naming all the states of the Union one after another while fitting them as a jig-saw puzzle in a cut out wooden black map of the U.S. [[/red underline]] He did not hesitate once and contradicted me flatly when I purposely tried him by naming wrong places for some States
[[underline]] Feb 24 [[/underline]] Went to Sears Roebuck to buy some articles for the new rooms. 
Sent a telegram that [[red underline]] I agree about proposed centralisation of Chicago plant in Bound Brook [[/red underline]] but want to hear opinion of Redman and Karpen. Strong rain
[[underline]] Feb 25 [[/underline]] Letter to George showing how our year 1930 is the lowest on record for net profits and