October 8 Thursday – Sam sent a two-liner note from Hartford to Karl Gerhardt. He’d not sent his estimate of monthly expenses, “& time passes.” Had the “Governor been brought to name a date yet” Sam wanted to know [MTP]. Most likely the “date” had to do with Gerhardt’s statue of Grant.

An envelope only survives to Candace Wheeler, 115 East 23d Street, New York City [MTP].

Moncure Conway wrote a short note from Boston; he and the wife would “come by express Wednesday, unless you receive telegram modifying the time of the inevitable invasion” [MTP]. Note: Sam wrote on the env., “Conway – which express”