August 28 Monday – At Boston, Mass. Sam wrote to daughter Clara still recovering in Norfolk, Conn.
I arrived unfatigued, and with my lameness almost gone. I have had my hair cut, have sent a telegram to Jean; shall take a bath, now, and be in bed in a few minutes or more. In spite of the gout I had a most delightful visit with you—entirely delightful. You look extravagantly pretty and sweet to-day—you were the decoration of that lunch table.
With lots of love, … [MTP]. Note: telegram not extant.
Isabel Lyon’s Journal:
The children, Raffael Pumpelly, (Raffael is a child, age 24), Jerry and Nancy Brush, Gerald and Gladys Thayer were here for supper and a dance. This afternoon I went down and sat with Miss Greene, sewed frills in her pretty blue French frock, for she was going to the pony show that I wouldn’t go to. (Give up 5 hours to a pony show?) [MTP TS 91]. Note: Raphael Pumpelly Sr. (1837-1923), Geologist and explorer.
Ralph W. Ashcroft wrote to Sam from offices of the Plasmon Co. of America, N.Y.C. suggesting a letter be sent out by the Plasmon Co. using his and Sam’s name with a picture of a crowing rooster [MTP]. Note: Sam’s replied no earlier than Aug. 29. The Appeals Division had reversed Ashcroft’s lawsuit dismissal against Hammond and ordered a new trial. See entries: Dec. 1901, Mar. 17, 1902, May 1903, Aug. 1904 regarding warring factions within the American side of the Plasmon Co.
On the courthouse steps in Hodgenville, Ky, L.B. Handley, Special Commissioner of the LaRue Circuit Court, auctioned off the birthplace of Abraham Lincoln. There were only three bidders; Robert Collier, publisher Collier’s Weekly, won the bid for $3,600. In 1906, Collier, William Jennings Bryan, and Mark Twain would form the Lincoln Farm Association to preserve Lincoln’s birthplace and establish a memorial [Printed broadside from Cowan’s auction, June 24, 2009, Lot 456]. Note: sometime after the formation, membership certificates were issued bearing the signature of Mark Twain and 21 others.
I arrived unfatigued, and with my lameness almost gone. I have had my hair cut, have sent a telegram to Jean; shall take a bath, now, and be in bed in a few minutes or more. In spite of the gout I had a most delightful visit with you—entirely delightful. You look extravagantly pretty and sweet to-day—you were the decoration of that lunch table.
With lots of love, … [MTP]. Note: telegram not extant.
Isabel Lyon’s Journal:
The children, Raffael Pumpelly, (Raffael is a child, age 24), Jerry and Nancy Brush, Gerald and Gladys Thayer were here for supper and a dance. This afternoon I went down and sat with Miss Greene, sewed frills in her pretty blue French frock, for she was going to the pony show that I wouldn’t go to. (Give up 5 hours to a pony show?) [MTP TS 91]. Note: Raphael Pumpelly Sr. (1837-1923), Geologist and explorer.
Ralph W. Ashcroft wrote to Sam from offices of the Plasmon Co. of America, N.Y.C. suggesting a letter be sent out by the Plasmon Co. using his and Sam’s name with a picture of a crowing rooster [MTP]. Note: Sam’s replied no earlier than Aug. 29. The Appeals Division had reversed Ashcroft’s lawsuit dismissal against Hammond and ordered a new trial. See entries: Dec. 1901, Mar. 17, 1902, May 1903, Aug. 1904 regarding warring factions within the American side of the Plasmon Co.
On the courthouse steps in Hodgenville, Ky, L.B. Handley, Special Commissioner of the LaRue Circuit Court, auctioned off the birthplace of Abraham Lincoln. There were only three bidders; Robert Collier, publisher Collier’s Weekly, won the bid for $3,600. In 1906, Collier, William Jennings Bryan, and Mark Twain would form the Lincoln Farm Association to preserve Lincoln’s birthplace and establish a memorial [Printed broadside from Cowan’s auction, June 24, 2009, Lot 456]. Note: sometime after the formation, membership certificates were issued bearing the signature of Mark Twain and 21 others.
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