December 6 Tuesday – Frederick J. Hall for Webster & Co. wrote to Sam asking how many engravings were required for Nathaniel J. Burton’s Yale Lectures on Preaching [MTLTP 238n5].

Detroit Custom House per H.C. Christiancy wrote to Sam, having intercepted a pirate copy of RI. Customs regulations required a certificate of ownership of copyright be on file and there was none for this work. Sam wrote on the envelope, “Send him isteri. & ask him to destroy the book” [MTP].

Check #  Payee  Amount  [Notes]

3924  Mr. Joel McComber  4.59