September 5 Saturday – Sam wrote from Elmira to Karl Gerhardt. Sam did not want a connection between the Webster Co. and Gerhardt’s bust and statue of Grant. He did not want either of the two works by Gerhardt to be see as his attempt to profit from Grant’s death. Sam’s attorneys at Alexander & Green thought it “better & safer that the book agencies & the bust agencies be kept as separate as possible.” Sam informed Gerhardt that the Clemens family would leave Elmira on Sept. 15 and “stop over a day or two in New York” [MTP].

Frederick D. Grant wrote receipt of his letter and the 2 P.S.’s in diffrerent envelopes; as each PS “added” 25,000 volumes sold he’d “like to get them daily” [MTP].

Daniel Whitford for Alexander & Green wrote to convey Webster’s letter in England about his efforts to secure contracts for the Grant book sales there and on the Continent [MTP].

Webster & Co. per Frederick J. Hall wrote “We sent you books asked for by mail yesterday.” Other news about canvassing agents n Middlesex Co. N.J. [MTP].