September 7 Wednesday – Sam wrote a twelve-page letter from Elmira to Charles Webster, “mostly detailed and intricate instructions” on Kaolatype. The final message was:

“My experience with Slote teaches me that this sort of letter should be destroyed. Therefore, read this till you are sure of its several points, then burn it” [MTBus 168].

Samuel Webster writes that Sam was “anxious to make Kaolatype cuts for use in The Prince and the Pauper” [168].

Sam also telegraphed Webster, who was in Hartford:

“RENEW THE ENGLISH PATENT WHEN YOU RETURN TO NEW YORK” [MTP]