September 29 Tuesday – Isabel Lyon’s journal:  “Work all day long—packing and clearing out the dreadful rubbish of many years’ accumulating. / Bought a bicycle” [MTP: IVL TS 67].

Ralph W. Ashcroft came to Sam’s at 4:15 p.m. After dinner they played billiards until 10:30 p.m. Sam lost [Sept. 30 to Sturgis]. Note: likely Ashcroft delivered Mrs. R.M. Wallace’s appeal on this visit.

Frederick A. Duneka wrote to Sam. “I had an awfully nice time at your house yesterday, and I hope you will let this ‘Autobiography of John Stuart Mill’ help say to you how pleasant it was.” He enclosed a printed list of Sam’s books that had been fire damaged for which they proposed “a kind of fire sale” [MTP].

George William Hill for US Dept. of Agriculture, division of publications wrote to Sam. “In reply to your letter of September 26, I have to say that the Volume of the Experiment Record should have been 9 instead of 11, and this copy of the publication will be sent to you” [MTP].

Burges Johnson for Judge’s Weekly wrote to ask for a funny anecdote for their Christmas issue [MTP].

Roi Cooper Megrue for Elisabeth Marbury wrote to Isabel Lyon (though catalogued to Clemens) [MTP].

Mary Yates Watson wrote to Sam. Unfortunately, the letter is nearly illegible, what with thin paper, bleed through and a scrawl that any inebriated invertibrate would be proud of [MTP].