May 10 Tuesday – In Hartford Sam wrote a one-liner response to a query or request from James B. Pond, one that makes for an interesting quotation:

O’ b’gosh I can’t. I hate writing. / Ever Thine — Mark.

Sam’s notebook entry: May 10, ’87. Charley reports Livy’s balance at J L & Co’s a trifle under $55,000. $3,847.14 subject to draft at any time [MTNJ 3: 288] Note: Charles J. Langdon & Co.

Miss M. Gross wrote from N.Y. to Sam asking for a loan of “very little money” [MTP].

Alfred P. Burbank wrote to Sam after coming from a “long interview with Mr. House. What a charming and accomplished gentleman he is!” House had made “several pregnant suggestions” about what to do with the third act of the “old Sellers play.” Burbank shared his plans for the play [MTP].