June 5 Wednesday – Frederick J. Hall wrote to Sam, advising they’d sent the “Cook Book as ordered to Mrs. Moffatt” and laying the matter of a book by Matthew Brady to him for consideration. The book would be “a National Portrait Gallery embracing the Presidents, Judges of the Supreme Court, Cabinet Officers and principal members of the different Senates and Congress, from George Washington down,” and would sell from $15 to $20, bound in morocco [MTP].

Daniel Whitford for Alexander & Green wrote to Sam, returning Cecil Kingstone’s letter, characterizing the communication as “rather cool.” He’d written Kingstone that the works and dramatic rights were copyrighted, not to be used without consent of the author [MTP]. See June 3.