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who has left to join the British Army has asked him to take charge of the plantation during his absence.
[[An "x" in left margin]] His letter is full of wit. He also developed some chemical equations, which rather astonished me because he had only part of the course on Chemistry before he left Harvard. His "letter" covers 14 large sheets of handwriting. I wonder what the boy is going to develop. - Will his impulsiveness bring forth a genius or will it lead him into trouble? 
[[underline]] Nov 5. [[/underline]] Sunday. Strong rain all day. Dickie and her husband von Hessert, together with his brother Frederic v. Hessert and the latter's wife here for dinner. A very jovial and interesting company. Speaking about [[strikethrough]] fe [[/strikethrough]] recent experiences while they were travelling in Europe during the war. All jovial. Excellent dinner interspersed with some of my home made wine. Fred. v. Hessert is a chemist and deals in Chemicals. Gave to each of the brothers a bottle of my home made port, which they took home. 
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[[underline]] November 6. [[/underline]] Went to office. The British ^[[Bakelite]] Company has not yet send in the stock certificates which some of its directors possess. Altho' we have urged them to do so by cable. This brings about a serious complication for finishing our [[strikethrough]] incorp [[/strikethrough]] complete incorporation of Bakelite into Union Carbide. 
[[underline]] Nov 7. Election day. [[/underline]] - Stayed at Snug Rock. Celine received yesterday a long letter from Mrs. Fairchild giving her experiences while in Hong-Kong and [[strikethrough]] he [[/strikethrough]] their seavoyage to there in a danish ship. George also received a letter from Brooksie in India covering 15 large sheets, written in such a small handwriting that [[strikethrough]] mo [[/strikethrough]] most of the words I cannot read. [[strikethrough]] Sinc [[/strikethrough]] I found that some of my [[strikethrough]] years 19 [[/strikethrough]] ^[[last year]] wine, bottled up in well stoppered bottles, and to which I had added 1 lump of white sugar to each bottle containing 1 pint, and kept in my wine cellar, has undergone in the bottles a further alcoholic fermentation, transforming the contained sugar into more alcohol [[strikethrough]] and [[/strikethrough]] as well as alcohol. This wine is now very clear and [[underline]] sparkling [[/underline]] and of pleasant taste, just like commercial champagne. To repeat the experiment [[strikethrough]] I took [[/strikethrough]] I filled about a dozen of small bottles, [[strikethrough]] wi [[/strikethrough]] with some of my stored wine of former years and no longer fermenting and having