July 19 Monday – Daniel Whitford, attorney with Alexander & Green, advised Frederick J. Hall against withdrawing “any considerable currency from the Banks and” placing “it in Safe Deposit Vaults” [MTLTP 201n1]. This had been Sam’s and Hall’s plan to avoid a possible bank failure.

T.F. Rodenbaugh, secretary for Military Service Institution wrote to Sam asking if Nov. 11 at 8 p.m. would be convenient for his lecture at Governor’s Island.

Charles Webster wrote a thirteen-page letter on large (“boiler iron”) paper from Como, Italy to Sam concerning Pope Leo XIII’s biography. He wrote he’d succeeded and wrote what was acceptable for the title page of the book.

Franklin G. Whitmore wrote about misc. expenses and H.W. Beadle, patent lawyer, who asked for $200 on Aug. 1 and for $100 more on Sept. 1. “He says he has spent so much time and money in getting out his appeal.” Whitmore didn’t know what to say to him, and added, “He will probably be employed by Paige in your interest for at least six months [or] longer” [MTP].