October 5 Monday – Sam wrote from Hartford to Fred Hall in New York, directing him to take a $1,000 note to Gerhardt and have him endorse it payable to Webster & Co. Gerhardt had turned the note over to Sam for monies owed. The note was from Goodwin Brothers, Elmwood, Conn., the manufacturers of Gerhardt’s bust of Grant [MTP; MTNJ 3: 202n61].

Sam also wrote most of a letter to William Tecumseh Sherman that he added a paragraph to on Oct. 6. Sam’s learned advice was for him not to publish his book of travel notes [MTP].

Orion Clemens wrote: checks rec’d $150. Grant book subscription sales in Keokuk [MTP].