Névember 3, 1958
Well George--

So now the immediate'fuss and feathers’ is over, and except for a
tremeddeus mail bag | have to read through, |! must concentrate on daily realities
again. | wonder if you can have any idea how much fuss there is in the US
from Mr. Nobel's time bombs.

There is one practical matter | would like to ask you help on. It
would be hopeless to try to make a personal answer to every kind greeting we
have received, but we would like to try in the following way.

: Could I ask you to obtain three or four possible samples of pictorial
cards showing some distinctly Stockholm motif, from which we might choose one
to have imprinted with a greeting, perhapsjust "Grateful thanks and the season's
greeting from Joshua and Esther Lederberg". | will give you the exact number of
cards we would need, and the exact inscription, after we choose the card, but
we will need probably about 360, perhaps more if we use this as our Ehristmas
card too.

We thought that mailing these cards from Stockholm might lend an extra
personal touch that we could not otherwise easily provide,

We are also awaiting other general advice on practical details for the
trip and the presentations: after all we have never attended so formal a ceremony!

Grateful thanks and season's greeténg