(09/23/39).... of our estate derived from the sale of an entomological .... apparently also from sale of certain scientific instruments .... was to go to heirs in Germany. Mr. ... lawyer, had notified them to collect their shares -- though some one suggested that we might as well keep quiet and appropriate this ourselves. To keep the entomological and regular parts of estate separate, my mother had made out several lists of the articles and belongings she had stored in my hometown. These lists seemed to be regular legal forms, looking something like a laundry list, with a space left after each item for estimated value. The shoes, for instance, were listed as 50 pairs, @ $5 per pair, total $400.00. (Dream mathematics.) Our belongings were so numerous and diversified that many were not included among the printed items, and there was evidence of a considerable number of additions or modifications in them.