May 6 Wednesday – In Riverdale, N.Y. Sam wrote a note to Franklin G. Whitmore.
“Mrs. Clemens left the enclosed out, thinking they would not sell for anything, but I think they will help pay the taxes. / Make no report to Reeves. Take the whole commission. If he complains I will settle with him myself” [MTP]. Note: See May 2.
Isabel Lyon also wrote a note to Whitmore enclosing a check for $100 and to advise him to have attorney Lucius Robinson make out the deed. Sam would return Mr. Richard M. Bissell’s letter at a later time as Sam wanted Clara to see it and to give the contents to Livy [MTP].
Lyon also wrote an “extra note” to Whitmore because she knew he was “interested.” She claimed Sam had been having trouble with his teeth and had “suffered much.” Livy was “much better” and had been “carried out onto a balcony,” and that Livy and Sam were “making plans for Europe” [MTP].