October 3 Thursday – Sam finished his slipper for Elsie Leslie, the partner of one knitted by William Gillette, out of admiration for the girl actress [Oct. 5 to Leslie].

Sam’s notebook: Oct. 3. One [Paige royalty] to Orion Clemens; the other to Mrs. P.A. Moffett [3: 569].

Charles Ethan Davis wrote another typesetting record on a postcard to Sam, this one including three apprentices, “F,” “J,” and “S”. [MTP].

William Lindon sent Sam a MS which he could have at his own price, thinking that there was some “wit & humor in it” [MTP].

Clara Spaulding Stanchfield wrote thanking Sam for “the valuable package which was received lst night.” (Contents not mentioned.) She was waiting up for her husband John to come home [MTP].