August 25 Wednesday – Estes & Lauriat of Boston billed Sam $150 for John James Audubon’s The Birds of America from Drawings made in the United States and Their Territories (1860) [Gribben 31]. The bill at MTP shows the plates in 1 volume folio, text in 4 volumes.

Joe Twichell wrote from Keene Valley, NY to Sam, “Aug 23rd, 24th, 25th somewhere along there”. He was sending a California journal and a “male book” which he “carried away from Charley Warner’s on account of its title ‘Adirondack Stories.’ I have found it so interesting that I feel the impulse to pass it on to you.” He didn’t know the author, but thought a tale “John’s Trial” was equal to anything Bret Harte wrote. He’d heard that Livy wasn’t doing well so was concerned [MTP]. Note: Adirondack Stories (1880) by Philander Deming (1829-1915). Not in Gribben.