February 9 Wednesday – H.H. Rogers wrote notice of receipt from Sam for $653.34 “which added to the $1,959.99 previously received makes the full amount of my claim against the late firm of C.L. Webster & Company at the time of its failure” [MTHHR 321].

Sam’s notebook: “Feb. 9. ’98. Frieherr v. Dutschka died” [NB 40 TS 12]. Note: Ritter von Dutschka; whom Sam & Clara had dined with on Nov. 29, 1897. Dolmetsch points out that Sam referred to Laszowski mistakenly as “Freiherr” rather than “Graf” (count) [147].