August 7 Sunday – At the Kaiserhof Hotel in Bad Nauheim, Sam wrote to his brother-in-law, Charles J. Langdon, who had telegrammed him while in New York, a message which was forwarded by mail to Bad Nauheim.

We had to save you & Livy the trip to Brussels, there was no other way. It is a sharp disappointment, & she finds it very hard to give up the pleasure of seeing you & Jervis; but the doctor is strenuous against both things — the journey & the pleasurable excitement of seeing you. And yet, she would break through these commands & go; but I’ve seen the effects of the parting with Sue, & that has entirely decided me. It has set her back weeks. …

We set out to oppose her going to Florence, & after giving her infinite trouble & worry & distress, found we had nothing to offer in the place of Florence that was even half-way rational; but are done, now, & have taken a back seat — that is, the children have; I am humbler, & have gone up in the gallery with the niggers. She will try Florence thirty days, & then if she wants to try the Polar Circle there is not going to be any opposition [MTP] Note: Interesting that Sam would use the “gallery” euphemism when writing to members of the Langdon family. The Langdons were traveling in Europe.

Sam also wrote to Franklin G. Whitmore, giving his return address as Drexel Harjes & Co. in Paris. He addressed the owners of the Paige typesetter royalties, and refused to pay for the return of Karl Gerhardt’s royalty. He argued that Whitmore should make the case of a “3-year option, not outright sale” to Mr. Arnot, Clara Stanchfield, or Charles Langdon — “& get them to accept our proposition — also, Charley Clark. Yes, & Samuel E. Moffett, too (care ‘Examiner,’ San Francisco.)” Sam pointed out that Sue Crane, Orion Clemens and Pamela Moffett paid nothing so they would return their royalties without pay. He advised they would leave for Florence “about a month hence” [MTP].