August 28 Friday – In a Aug. 31 letter to Sarah A. Sage, Sam refers to his “finished business in New York in about three hours and a half,” so it would seem he and Livy traveled from Onteora back to New York City, and then on to Quarry Farm the next day. (See Aug. 31 entry). The New York Times reported Sam in the city at the Hotel Normandie [Aug. 29, p2 “Personal Intelligence”].

J.T. Marion wrote from Richburg, S.C. to thank Sam for the information about the Confederate burial ground [MTP]. Note: Sam wrote on the env., “From a Confederate General”