October 24 Tuesday – Charles Webster acknowledged Sam’s check for $500, which was used to purchase a list of Western agents from H.N. Hinckley, who had been sent by Elisha Bliss to open a Chicago branch of Am. Publishing Co. The lists held about 500 agents who had sold Sam’s prior books, and another 7,000 persons who’d applied for agency to sell the books. Also included was Hinckley’s unsold supply of older books. Webster wrote on Oct. 11 outlining a need for the lists and a Chicago storage and distribution depot. Sam probably wrote the check between Oct. 13 and 22 [MTLTP 159n2].