July 11 Friday – In Onteora Park, Tannersville, N.Y., Sam wrote to William J. Hamersley, who Sam said had not lived up to advancing one-fifth of monies needed to continue work on the Paige typesetter. He calculated Hamersley was thus in debt to him of about $30,000. Continuing on, Sam felt:

I cannot carry the whole burden of expense any longer, but must look to you for a fifth of it henceforth. I make this mention at the time because another heavy bill from Pratt & Whitney will soon be due & I wish to look to you for your proper share of it [MTP].

Joe Goodman wrote to Sam from a New York City address. He’d met with John W. Mackay (Mackey) the Comstock Lode silver baron and had no luck. Mackay was wary of the large amount of capital required to manufacture the Paige typesetter. Goodman blamed Mackay’s “querulous mood,” and “fatal delays” for having “sicklied over the bloom of original enthusiasm.” Joe was not discouraged, however. He liked a challenge:

Come down to the city, and let’s get our war paint on. I am never at my best until the situation is desperate [MTNJ 3: 562n253].