August 4 Thursday – Sam’s notebook: “Aug. 4, ’98. Finished ‘My Platonic Sweetheart[’] a day or so ago” [NB 40 TS 27].

Poultney Bigelow wrote a postcard, bearing an illustration of the North German Lloyd liner Bremen to Sam. “Greetings to you from the Indian Ocean nearing Ceylon. – on my way to Manila and so once more round the world. My love to your family. I hope we may spend next summer together. I shall anchor the family scow at any navigable point you designate so long as you are within reach. Goodbye. Faithfully” [MTP].