August 2 Wednesday – Sam wrote from Elmira to John L. RoBards:

Dear John— / What promise? I hardly ever make one—and never make one that is any trouble to keep. Tell me about this one (for I have forgotten it utterly) & if it isn’t any trouble to keep it, I’ll keep it, as sure as you live—otherwise, I’ll add it, without a twinge of conscience, to the million of the same kind that went before it [MTP].

Augustus Saint-Gaudens wrote urging Sam to send any news along of Karl Gerhardt [MTP].

Worden & Co sent statements ending with a credit balance of $24,193.25 [MTP].

August 2 Wednesday ca. – Sam wrote from Elmira to Hattie and Karl Gerhardt, enclosing a note of encouragement by Augustus Saint-Gaudens. Sam also heaped praise upon Hattie’s pictures [MTP].