August 30 Thursday – In Elmira Sam wrote to Franklin G. Whitmore:

Put no more into motor now [MTP].

Note: This was the justifying motor Paige had been developing for the typesetter.

Envelope only survives from a letter to Orion Clemens [MTP].

Orion Clemens wrote to Sam thanking for the montly $155 check. Ma was sick and having strange dreams; doctor called twice. “We are anxious to hear about the machine” [MTP].