June 9 Saturday – In Hartford Sam wrote to Nellie Bunce (1853-1922) (daughter of Edward M. Bunce). Sam complimented Nellie’s singing [MTP]. Note: On Oct. 24 of this year Nellie would marry Archibald Ashley Welsh and found the Hartford School of Music, later called the Conservatory of Music. Edward (Ned) Bunce was a longtime friend and Friday Evening billiards player. He had a long career with the Phoenix National Bank.

Sam also wrote to Charles Scribner, letter not extant but referred to in Scribner’s June 13 letter [MTP].

Webster & Co. per Frederick J. Hall wrote to Sam: “Kindly regard this letter as a little confidential, as I should be very sorry to hurt Mr. Whitmore’s feelings in any way, as I know he is doing everything for the best; but he writes this morning that he has given an agent the ‘Library of Literature’ to canvass, and that he has given him the run of the whole State. You of course know that on a new book a roving commission is fatal, not only to the book, but to the agent.” Hall had written Whitmore. Sam wrote on the envelope, “Too much territory for one man” [MTP].

William Bispham for The Players Club wrote to Sam (form letter and return card for dues) [MTP].

The Hartford Library Association receipted Sam for membership dues $25 from June 15, 1888 to June 15, 1889 [MTP].