October 19 Wednesday – In Hartford Sam wrote to Webster & Co., responding to a statement sent.

You may send me $10,000; also the firm’s note or receipt for 12,073.47 to complete the $75,000 capital required by contract [MTLTP 237] Note: evidently there were surplus funds in the company, beyond what Sam had agreed and was obliged to leave in its coffers.

Sam’s notebook entry, “Longstreet — Oct. 19” is interpreted as a probable appointment with James Longstreet, ex-Confederate general, to discuss a possible book with Webster & Co. Longstreet was a West Point cadet with Ulysses S. Grant, and served in the Mexican war with Grant. His article was published in Century’s series, “Battles and Leaders of the Civil War” in July 1885, plus others in 1886 and 1887.

Hjalmar Boyesen wrote from Columbia College, N.Y. to introduce J.H. Fisher, an artist [MTP].