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10/ Started at 8:30 P.M. finished at 11:30 P.M. Three days performances ^[[underlined]] Feb 6 [[/underlined]][[underlined]] Feb. 7. [[/underlined]] Weather finally warmer. Last night mild weather. Feels like our regular excellent weather. Am putting my papers in shape. Also Celine's room I have occupied for office. [[strikethrough]] [[underlined]] April 7. [[/underlined]] Celine left N.Y. [[/strikethrough]] [[underlined]] Feb 8. [[/underlined]] Celine [[strikethrough]] arrived 2:25 P.M. at Atlantic Coast air line [[/strikethrough]] [[underline in red]] left [[/underline in red]] N.Y. today [[underline in red]] by Atlantic Coast air line[[/underline in red]] at 10:30 AM. [[underlined]] Feb 9 [[/underlined]] (Saturday) [[underline in red]] Celine [[/underline in red]] arrived Miami Station 2:25 P.M in good health. Warm pleasant weather. Brought a number of her [[underline in red]] framed paintings with her to exhibit here [[/underline in red]] [[underlined]] Feb 10 [[/underlined]] (Sunday). Beautiful day and no visitors [[underlined]] Feb 11 - Feb 12. [[/underlined]] Today is [[underline in red]] Lincoln Day and Columbia University [[/underline in red]] Day. Speeches broadcast from New York at annual [[underline in red]] dinner of alumni in New York [[/underline in red]]. There are at present about 60000 Columbia alumni living in different parts of the globe 20 medals were given to alumni who have specially distinguished themselves in furthering the aims of their Alma Mater and who have graduated since 1885. Frieda arrived 5 P.M. by boat who was 9 hours late on account of weather. This puts an end to our own cooking. [[underlined]] Feb 12. [[/underlined]] [[strikethrough]] Went to Irving Thomas[[/strikethrough]] [[end page]] [[start page]] 11/ [[strikethrough]] office to have my codicil started [[/strikethrough]] Busy with my income tax returns. [[underlined]] Feb. 13. [[/underlined]] The [[underlined in red]] ION [[/underlined in red]] is now in good condition, painted & varnished and new [[strikethrough]] lineoleu [[/strikethrough]] linoleum etc Shall try her tomorrow afternoon [[vertical in margin in red]]Codicil to my will[[/vertical in margin in red]] [[underlined]] Feb 14 [[/underlined]] This morning went again to [[underlined in red]]Irving Thomas [[/underlined in red]] office to have his signature and that of Pierce, and Napier to a codicil to my will, superseding the one signed on Feb. 1 and which I judged defective, therefore destroyed it to date after signing the latest codicil of today. Afternoon 1 P.M. - Beautiful weather. Left 1 P.M. with Ion. Murray and William with me to try boat and engine etc. [[vertical in margin in red, underlined]] Ion[[/vertical in margin in red, underlined]] Passed thru [[underlined in red]] Bear Cut[[/underlined in red]] into the Ocean to have full opportunity to pitching and rolling in the ocean waves, whipped by a [[strikethrough]] brit[[/strikethrough]] brisk SE., then entered Biscayne Bay by means of Steamboat Channel. [[underlined in red]] Boat and engine behaved excellently [[/underlined in red]] The cross timbers near the stern hull, which Wirth Munroe put in have strengthened the boat considerably. Arrived in our harbor at 4:45 P.M. Excellent trip, everything perfect. Beautiful day but high humidity [[vertical in margin in red, underlined]] Hauptman convicted [[/vertical in margin in red, underlined]] This morning [[underlined in red]] newspapers announced conviction of Hauptman [[/underlined in red]]
Transcription Notes:
ION (Ion) is the name of his yacht.
Bear Cut (as in Bear Cut preserve, location).
Wirth Munroe was a yacht builder.
