June 14 Tuesday – Charles Webster wrote to Sam of “$6,500 in cash, and $4,700 in notes” for the Apr. 12 lawsuit award of $13,200 against J.M. Stoddart & Co. who had failed to pay for copies of Grant’s Memoirs. They had argued that they suffered losses based on John Wanamaker’s discount sale of books, a practice they felt Webster & Co. Should have prevented [MTNJ 3: 287n204]. Note: The Hubbard Brothers would settle in Feb. 1888. Webster also wrote,

I have very little time, as I start for the West to-night; therefore, if you can, I would like to have you write to Alden in regard to the book [MTLTP 218n2].

Walt Whitman wrote from Camden, N.J. thanking Sam “for your kindess & generosity to me” [MTP].

C.E. Fredericks wrote from Los Angeles to Sam, asking if HF had ever been dramatized. Sam wrote “No answer” on the envelope [MTP].

Check #  Payee  Amount  [Notes]

3719  Mssrs C.H. Reade & Co  11.00

3720  Mr. Eugene Meyer  30.00  Piano Lessons