August 23 Saturday – Sam was in Washington, D.C., courting Senator John P. Jones and other investors for the Paige typesetter. Joe Goodman had returned to Fresno, Calif., “about ten days from” July 29 [July 29 to Whitmore]. (No mention is made of Joe in Sam’s few letters from Washington.)

A.G. Harrington wrote to ask Sam if he could send a MS for evaluation [MTP].

Franklin G. Whitmore wrote to Sam: “In your letter dated Elmira 21st Aug ’90…you have a wrong impression of what I meant by my being ‘Mad & internally raging &c.’” This was over Whitmore’s concern about Sam’s contract with Paige, “afraid that all you had was promises.” Enough said, he wrote, the machine should be ready about Sept. 15 [MTP].

August 23-28 or September 28-30 – Sam spoke at the National Wholesale Druggists Association Banquet, Washington, D.C. – Fatout reported this as questionably September [MT Speaking 261-2]. Sam may have gone to Washington sometime between Sept. 28 and 30 because he was there on Oct. 1. This would leave only a day or two in September for such a speech, but six possible days in August.