July 30, 1902 Wednesday

July 30 Wednesday – In York Harbor, Maine Sam wrote to Franklin G. Whitmore. “The proposition to W. suggested in your letter of July 28 is satisfactory. You can make it whenever you think best. I will approve” [MTP]. Note: likely Sidney A. Witherbee who was negotiating for the purchase of the Hartford house.

Sam’s notebook: “Shumake butter. / Shumake berries, end of September—eat them / Martins & bluebirds [Line separator:] Doubleday proposes that I sell the Gospel, or the Which Was It, or the 1000 Years Hence in MS to either of 3 men. for 100,000…Will consult Mr. Rogers” [NB 45 TS 22-23]. Note: In ante-bellum days in the South, Shumake berries were boiled with Walnut peelings to make dye.

Day By Day Acknowledgment

Mark Twain Day By Day was originally a print reference, meticulously created by David Fears, who has generously made this work available, via the Center for Mark Twain Studies, as a digital edition.   

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