June 28 Thursday – At 5 a.m., 21 Fifth Ave, N.Y. Sam wrote to daughter Jean, still in Dublin, N.H.
Jean dear, it is 5 a.m., this not being a good atmosphere to sleep in. I had a pleasant enough journey, (Tuesday) & went to bed almost as soon as I arrived; but I was not tired & not drowsy.
I saw Miss Harrison yesterday & she was looking very fine; but I did not see Mr. Rogers, he was attending a Board meeting. But I asked Miss H. to tell him to get out the yacht & scrape the barnacles off & I would go to Fairhaven with him tomorrow morning (Friday) & return when I got ready. It is just the weather for the trip.
I could not deposit your bonds, for I had left the key in my room; but I will go down this morning & attend to that.
Last evening Miss Lilly Burbank and Miss Mozher [sic Mosher] passed by & I had a talk with them at the gate. Miss M. goes to Clara next week.
Katy & Philip seem to be well, & they take good care of me. B’gosht’lmighty I think I will go to sleep again. With a hug, / Father [MTP].
Sam also wrote to Augustus T. Gurlitz of the NY Journal.
My dear Mr Gurlitz—your letter [not extant] has just been received. I shall not be in town for the next few months; but if you consider the matters discussed therein should be brought to the attention of Harpers’—will you be kind enough to let them know at once and inform me of the result of your Interview [MTP: Sotheby’s, N.Y. catalogs Dec. 11, 1990, Item 384]. Note: Sam last wrote Gurlitz on Mar. 26.
In Dublin, N.H. Isabel Lyon’s journal:
Again this afternoon Mr. Paine & I went to the Upper Pasture. He told me the story of his life. Oh it is so wonderful! Old Fraud!
Tomorrow he goes down to his Redding farm & he will be away probably as long as the King will, which I doubt will not be for a long, long time. How much of solitude that will mean for me [MTP TS 92]. Note: the contrast between her opinions of Paine suggests she added “Old Fraud!” sometime later, after relations with Paine had cooled. Edits, deletions and insertions are seen throughout her entries.
Charles Orr, librarian of the Case Library, Cleveland, Ohio, wrote to Sam.
Having seen some letters of the late John Hay, copies of which I enclose, I am somewhat anxious to know the title of the piece mentioned, or whether it is printed in your published writings. / Did you know Alexander Gunn to whom Hay’s letters were addressed? / An answer at your convenience will greatly oblige [MTP]. Note: the enclosed copies of Hay’s letters (esp. June 24, 1880) refer to Sam’s piece 1601.
Jean dear, it is 5 a.m., this not being a good atmosphere to sleep in. I had a pleasant enough journey, (Tuesday) & went to bed almost as soon as I arrived; but I was not tired & not drowsy.
I saw Miss Harrison yesterday & she was looking very fine; but I did not see Mr. Rogers, he was attending a Board meeting. But I asked Miss H. to tell him to get out the yacht & scrape the barnacles off & I would go to Fairhaven with him tomorrow morning (Friday) & return when I got ready. It is just the weather for the trip.
I could not deposit your bonds, for I had left the key in my room; but I will go down this morning & attend to that.
Last evening Miss Lilly Burbank and Miss Mozher [sic Mosher] passed by & I had a talk with them at the gate. Miss M. goes to Clara next week.
Katy & Philip seem to be well, & they take good care of me. B’gosht’lmighty I think I will go to sleep again. With a hug, / Father [MTP].
Sam also wrote to Augustus T. Gurlitz of the NY Journal.
My dear Mr Gurlitz—your letter [not extant] has just been received. I shall not be in town for the next few months; but if you consider the matters discussed therein should be brought to the attention of Harpers’—will you be kind enough to let them know at once and inform me of the result of your Interview [MTP: Sotheby’s, N.Y. catalogs Dec. 11, 1990, Item 384]. Note: Sam last wrote Gurlitz on Mar. 26.
In Dublin, N.H. Isabel Lyon’s journal:
Again this afternoon Mr. Paine & I went to the Upper Pasture. He told me the story of his life. Oh it is so wonderful! Old Fraud!
Tomorrow he goes down to his Redding farm & he will be away probably as long as the King will, which I doubt will not be for a long, long time. How much of solitude that will mean for me [MTP TS 92]. Note: the contrast between her opinions of Paine suggests she added “Old Fraud!” sometime later, after relations with Paine had cooled. Edits, deletions and insertions are seen throughout her entries.
Charles Orr, librarian of the Case Library, Cleveland, Ohio, wrote to Sam.
Having seen some letters of the late John Hay, copies of which I enclose, I am somewhat anxious to know the title of the piece mentioned, or whether it is printed in your published writings. / Did you know Alexander Gunn to whom Hay’s letters were addressed? / An answer at your convenience will greatly oblige [MTP]. Note: the enclosed copies of Hay’s letters (esp. June 24, 1880) refer to Sam’s piece 1601.
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