September 1 Friday – In London, England, Howells wrote a longish letter to Sam about the travels, the luncheons, the artists and others he’d met and about how far the dollar went there compared to Boston [MTHL 1: 413-4].

Dr. Thaddeus S. Up de Graff  (1839-1885) wrote a bill on a card in Elmira with July 21 visitation, payment date Sept. 5 [MTP]. See insert.

Charles Webster wrote an explanation of his side of the recent family dispute and of his failure to get a through car to Keokuk for the family. Mollie had made “an awful fuss” about not wanting to go through Chicago [MTP].