August 3 Saturday – In Elmira Sam answered Robert Underwood Johnson’s letter of Aug. 2 about which issue of Century excerpts of CY would appear and who would be the illustrator:

Beard is the artist. As for me, I’d as soon it went into the Nov. No. as the Dec. Suppose you drop in & discuss with Mr. Hall [MTP].

† Sam also wrote to Franklin G. Whitmore asking for a half dozen checks from Bissell’s bank; for the postman not to forward any letters but those for the rest of the family; any news about the typesetter; and a note he’d left on a file on his table describing the character of CY [MTP].

Webster & Co. Sent Daily Report Slips to Sam for the period July 29 to Aug. 3 [MTP]. See Aug. 19 for typical report form.