March 8 Friday – Sam likely returned to Hartford the day after the banquet at Young’s Hotel in Boston. Sam’s notebook:

Offered Badlam a one-hundredth interest in the American business for $25,000 provided he takes me up before Apl. 15; also offered him the same share (this offer begins June 15) provided he takes me up before July 15.)

Hearst, Walters [MTNJ 3: 460&n177-8].

See Feb. 9 for more on Badlam. No correspondence between Sam and Badlam on the Paige typesetter survives; Sam was no doubt aiming to approach William Thompson Walters (of the art book matter) and the wealthy California senator, George Hearst (father of William Randolph Hearst) to invest in the typesetter [n178].

Ellen T. Johnson wrote to Sam changing the date of his reading from Apr. 2 to Apr. 1 [MTP].

Charles H. Taylor for Boston Globe wrote to Sam apologizing for his “abrupt departure last night,” for stomach trouble. When next in Boston could Sam spare an afternoon or evening? [MTP].