September 1 Sunday – In Elmira Sam telegraphed William J. Hamersley about Charles Langdon and the latest offer Sam made to him:

He drove up this morning to talk. Was surprised at my proposition when I re-stated it. He wouldn’t touch it. Said he supposed I was proposing to sell a perpetual lien, parting with it out & out, a stipulated sum for each thousand dollars cash [MTNJ 3: 516].

Sam’s notebook: [chk#] 4407. Dr. Darby, Sept 1 — $25 [3: 491]. Note: Frank B. Darby, Elmira dentist.

Francis de Winton wrote from London to Sam answering his “welcome letter” and glad Sam had not forgotten him and “those good times in Ottowa.” He related legal action against John Rose Troup in England, “by which he was prevented from injuring Stanley’s just rights.” Steps were also taken to prevent Troup from publishing in the US; de Winton blamed Troup’s wife who “longs for the fame of authorship” [MTP]. See Aug. 6 entry.

Franklin G. Whitmore wrote to Sam (Charles Ethan Davis to Whitmore Aug. 31 encl.); The work on the typesetter was progressing; Sam had over $4,000 balance there; Whitmore estimated about $1800 in bills to pay on the 3rd. Davis estimated 13 days more work to do [MTP].