We agree with the Surrogate that the decedent's personal letters to petitioner's not-for-profit officers, thanking them for luncheons and various forms of entertainment, are not clear and convincing evidence of a contract by the decedent to bequeath the subject property to petitioner (see, Matter of De Lano,
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