August 2 Tuesday – The Brooklyn Eagle, page 2, under “PERSONAL MENTION”:

It is said that Mark Twain tries a new hotel every time he comes to New York. This gives greater freshness to his jokes.

Pratt & Whitney Co. wrote to Sam (not extant, but referred to in Sam’s reply to them ca. Aug. 11). See also Sam to Whitmore, Aug. 5 for issues raised by Pratt &Whitney, which argued they’d fulfilled their contract and sent bills with allusions to a lawsuit. Paige’s shop was at Pratt & Whitney Co.