October 29 Monday 

At the Hotel Earlington in N.Y.C., Sam wrote a short note in reply to George Iles’ Oct 27, thanking him for Flame, Electricity and the Camera (1900), and that “it is just the kind of reading” that he enjoyed “the most.” He also announced they were “about to move to a furnished house—I think it will be 14 W. 10th street—& when we get settled you must come & swap talk with me” [MTP]. Note: Gribben connects this book to Sam’s reply: Iles’ Flame, Electricity and the Camera; Man’s Progress (1900) [343].

Sam’s notebook: “Capital $1,250,000. London Syndicate £30,000, get £60,000—that is, $300,000. / German Co ¼ 312,500. / To Exploration for guaranteeing—300,000 / Cash working— / Capital left — 300,000 / I want $20,000 / Plenty of time to think that over” [NB 43 TS 27]. Note: According to Sam’s numbers, the exchange rate was 5:1.

Frank N. Doubleday wrote to Sam about obtaining a house at 14 East 10th Street in N.Y. His agent would come to the Earlington Hotel at 4 p.m. the next day. Sam wrote on the envelope: “No. 14, 10th St.

Think is no doubt we can keep the house another year” [MTP].