April 23 Saturday – Sam’s notebook: “Cs [Countess] Montjoie / tea” [NB 47 TS 10]. Note: Alice Ann Lymer Monck. See Mar. 26 entry.
Annie Moffett Webster, Sam’s niece, wrote from Rome, Italy to ask Sam for $200, which she could repay upon reaching New York. Her mother had written weekly to find out about Livy. They expected to sail from Naples on May 6, “sooner than expected. But Alice was anxious to get her book in the hands of the publishers as soon as possible” [MTP]. Note: Alice is not further identified. Sam complied, and wrote a “long letter” (see Apr. 29 from Webster) in reply sometime after Apr. 23, which is not extant.