September 29 Sunday – Clara Spaulding Stanchfield had paid Sam $5,000 on Sept. 16 for royalties on the Paige typesetter, and later wrote (she and her husband now lived on Long Island) evidently asking if and when she might buy more. In Hartford, Sam responded.

Yes, you can have more at any time in the future; & if I should raise the price & forget to notify you beforehand, the raise shall not be applied to you.

Sam wrote of a new apprentice and also an “expert stenographer from the Sun office, New York, who is also an expert type-writer.” He enclosed “6 royalties” which were to pay on individual sales of the typesetter regardless of profits [MTP].

Charles J. Langdon wrote to Sam, unable to invest no more than $3,000 in the typesetter:

I was exceedingly glad to get your two pleasant letters from the farm written Sept. 14 & 15th. I have written Livy a social letter in which I try to [illegible word] upon you and her how much I appreciate your kind treatment of me & my project, after the latter was made known to you, how I will at once do business with you on the typesetter [MTP].