August 23 Monday – In Elmira Sam wrote to Franklin G. Whitmore, whose last letter to Sam was written Aug. 19. Sam enclosed a $10 check for , and also “the September checks” which probably were for bills, or for family, since Webster was not in the country. In order to secure the test he’d suggested for typesetting averages at the Hartford Courant, Sam suggested Whitmore confide in Mr. Stephen A. Hubbard there but with the admonition that no one else should know the reason for the test [MTP]. Note: Hubbard was a close personal friend and confidant of Joseph R. Hawley.