September 13 Thursday – In Elmira even though Theodore Crane had been ill, Sam wrote to Franklin G. Whitmore that he planned to leave on Sept. 18 for the Sept. 20 banquet in Chicago and be back in Elmira on Sept. 22, which he noted was also the date for the payment due to Pratt & Whitney for their work on the Paige typesetter. The other matters he wrote of were misc. bills and his $700 balance still at Bissell’s bank [MTP]. Note: Sam also wanted to see his mother on the trip, but this late schedule was likely caused by delay from Theodore Crane’s illness. (See Sept. 16 to Orion.)

Orion Clemens wrote to Sam: “Ed Brownell says the papers say you are to be at the encampment for the army of the Cumberland next Wednesday. I hope you will run down and spend a day with us at least.” [MTP].