June 13 Saturday – G.E. Stechert & Co., books, NYC wrote to Sam.

We are in receipt of your favor of the 10th inst. in which you ask us to mail future members of “Simplicissimus” to your country address but regret that on account of the periodical being declared illegal for mailing, owing to the obscene illustrations as well as the lottery advertisements appearing in the columns from time to time, we cannot send the copies through the mail. Shall we retain the numbers sending them to you by express from time to time until your return to the city? [MTP]. Note: IVL: “Answd June 23; Deliver to R.W. Ashcroft 24 Stone St.”