December 21 Saturday – Frederick J. Hall wrote to Sam that his telegram for “6 Morocco ‘Yankee’” was received and they’d been shipped. Enclosed was an audit by Barrow, Wade, Guthrie, & Co., Public Accountants for the period of four months ending Aug. 31, 1889. They found the books in good order. A N.Y. World reporter had been by the previous day asking what was behind a portrait of Jason “Jay” Gould (1836-1892) in CY. Mr. Granfield of Webster & Co. said he knew of no portrait of Gould in the book [MTP]. Note: Gould was a RR financier often vilified as a “Robber Baron.” One of Daniel Carter Beard’s drawings in CY bore a strong resemblance to Gould.

Slote, Woodman & Co. wrote to Webster & Co. (mis-catalogued to SLC; statement mentioned but not in file)

Webster & Co. wrote to Sam that his “telegraph order for 12 cloth ‘Yankee’, 1 ‘Custer’ and 1 ‘Cox’ has been shipped as you desired” [MTP]. Note: telegram not extant.