March 1 Tuesday – In Hartford Sam wrote to Charles Webster. Sam liked the book by Edmund C. Stedman, but didn’t “think very well of it.” This was the multi-volume Library of American Literature, which Webster was committed to and Sam later thought helped sink the firm. Sam wanted to discuss that book and two others he did think should be published when Charles came up to join his wife visiting her mother, Pamela Moffett. He was also impressed with the salesman’s presentation copy of Pope Leo XIII’s biography:

The Pope’s canvassing-book would sell a Choctaw Bible, it is so handsome [MTLTP 214]. Note: Sam was unhindered by the foolishness of “political correctness”; as a result, his meaning was usually clear.

George A. Fay, attorney wrote from Meridian, Conn. to Sam about the 60 bronze busts of Gen.Grant contracted “two years ago” by Wm. N. Woodruff, still not paid for [MTP]. See Nov. 20, 1884 entry, vol. I.

 Check #  Payee  Amount  [ Notes ]

3602  Miss Fanny C. Hesse  52.00  Secretary

3604  Patrick McAleer  50.00  Coachman

3605  Mssrs J.S. Conover  30.00

3606  D.F. Healy  4.00  Tinner

3607  Karl Gerhardt  200.00  Sculptor

3609  John O’Neil  20.00  Gardener

3610  Patrick McAleer  300.00  Coachman