September 16 Thursday – In Elmira at Quarry Farm, Sam wrote to an unidentified person.

There are some who do not lie; & they are proof that it is possible for one to get rid of the habit of talking in his sleep [MTP]. Note: Sam wrote a PS that he thought the remark was plain but that “three persons of average intelligence” couldn’t understand it even after explaining it.

Sam also wrote to Franklin G. Whitmore:

Please pick me out 500 of those same cigars, & send 450 to the house [Hartford], & the other 50 to the Murray Hill hotel, New York, which is our address for the next 10 days [MTP].