May 5 Friday – At Quarry Farm, Elmira, and still in bed recovering, Sam wrote to Frederick J. Hall. He wanted the note for $3,000 sent in error to Whitmore re-drafted in Livy’s name and sent to Charles J. Langdon, as he kept her power of attorney. Evidently, there had been a good quantity of LAL sales:

If we could corral 27 LAL’s every day — & could afford it — our financial bowels would soon begin to move.

I expect to go to New York next Monday [May 8], (Murray Hill Hotel), to Hartford Tuesday [May 9], back to New York Thursday or Friday [May 11 or 12] (as you shall deem best) and sail Saturday [May 13] [MTP].

Sam then wrote to Franklin G. Whitmore on the $3,000 note matter. He wrote he was still in bed due to the “hellish” weather. He wanted to spend the afternoon and night of Tuesday, May 9 with Whitmore, then May 10 and 11 with Ned Bunce.

Tell Bunce I want him to let me make a convenience of him. His house is central — my business in Hartford is to make visits, & from long tarrying in bed my muscles appreciate short distances & dread the fatigue of long ones. I have but two days to do all my visiting in. ….P.S. The Arnot note came [MTP].