signatures here, and this is william howard taft at the white house, and juicy wilbur and orville and catherine and other members of the aero club. but president taft signed is for ms. catherine way, with best wishes from william howard taft. her signatures on the back of the photographic the last thing i want to show you, very special, is another diary of their father. this diary is from 1912, and in this diary nelson is recording the death of wilbur from typhoid fever. wilbert was only 45 when he contracted typhoid and passed away in the middle of the patent fight. they were still conducting business and running the right company. so this is a tragedy for orville and the family. and he says this morning at 3:15 a.m. wilbur passed away, 45 years, one month and 14 days. a short life full of consequence and unfailing intellect, great self-reliance and great modesty, pursuing it steadily, he lived and died. many calls, many telegrams. this was on thursday, may 30, 1912. very formal, emotional tribute to his son. a few days later he writes with a lot of shake your hand, wilbur is dead and buried. we are all stricken. it does not seem possible that he is gone. probably