July 31 Saturday – Frederick J. Hall wrote to Sam (Webster, in Rome, to Hall July 15 enclosed), asking if he should open a new account with the American Exchange National Bank, as Daniel Whitford had advised. He added, “Everything is going smoothly at the office” [MTP].

Franklin G. Whitmore wrote that Sam’s Thursday checks had been received; he also enclosed one check as requested. The rest of the letter relates to payments due Paige and Pratt & Whitney, and of his son William Whitmore’s em-rate for the typesetter, plus $1,500 needed to fix the Clemens furnace [MTP].