June 4 Thursday – Sam, wrote from Hartford to Karl Gerhardt, advising him to tag along with Webster to see General Grant “two or three days in succession” and to observe him in various poses so as to work on a large statue to be presented to the City of New York. Sam hoped for orders of it from other cities. He also admonished Gerhardt not to neglect “the Beecher bust,” and wanted a bronze copy of “Mother Langdon’s medallion” [MTP].