March 30 Monday – Isabel Lyon’s journal:  “We had a darling lazy sail this afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. Freeman, and then tea in the billiard room—that to give Zoe Freeman a chance for a cup, for he was tired” [MTP: IVL TS 40].

Among new arrivals to the Islands were the fourth Earl Grey (1851-1917), (aka Albert Henry George Grey) Governor General of Canada (1904-1911), and Nicholas Murray Butler (1862- 1947) president of Columbia University (1902-1945) [D. Hoffman 120]. Note: Alice Holford Grey, Mrs. Earl Grey (d. 1944), was also along on the trip. Canadian football’s Grey Cup is named for Lord Grey, a supporter of the sport.

David C. Grant for Lincoln National Bank wrote to advise Sam that of the two checks he’d presented, drawn on the Knickerbocker Trust Co. they had been able to cash the $5,000 check but not the $45,000 [MTP]. Note: this letter enclosed in Ashcroft’s Apr. 1.