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July 19 Saturday ca. (before) – In Onteora Park, N.Y., Sam wrote to Franklin G. Whitmore.

Yours received. Many thanks. I am daily expecting to leave for Hartford. Please send the following cablegram by United Lines…[MTP]. Note: the cable shows below.

Franklin G. Whitmore then wrote a cable for Sam to Joseph N. Verey (sometimes spelled Very), the Clemens past courier in Europe, whom Sam hoped might be of service to Charles Langdon and family. Clemens gave you up & made other arrangements. Whitmore [MTP].

Sam wrote to Mr. D. C. Lyle of Baltimore Co. Maryland, evidently on the postcard sent for him to use, giving the London address for Chatto & Windus. Lyle had asked about the publication which had included the Twain genealogy: “It is long ago out of print on this side, & the plates broken up. / SLC” [MTP]. See Aug. 11entry.

July 19 Saturday – Sam, John Russell Young, and Howard P. Taylor all arrived in Hartford, though it’s not clear whether any of the men traveled together. Taylor came to read his dramatization of CY for Sam and get some feedback. Young came to see the Paige typesetter, which he did this day. He was instrumental in persuading John P. Jones and John W. Mackay to make the trip to Hartford on July 23 [MTNJ 3: 567n264].

Joe Goodman wrote from the Hoffman House, N.Y. to Sam. Jones arrived the night before but was “on the jump” with business; Joe had:

…an extended talk with him late this afternoon…He promised to go to Hartford Monday, or if not Monday he will then be able to name a definite hour, as he has to transact some business affairs with Mackay and others that day. I will telegraph you when I know [MTP].

Jacob Fromer, dealer in Dry Goods, Groceries, Tannersville, N.Y. sent a statement and bill to Sam totaling $11.58 and marked paid July 22. The statement listed the following items:

July 8: brooms, dust pan, whisk brook, mop, toilet paper, crackers, box ink, ink stand, 1 gal. Oil, oil can, 1 feather duster, jug for flowers; July 12: mop, lantern, 6 wax candles, 1 gal oil; July 15: 1 box ink 1 bot shoe polish; July 16: Borax, 1 Bot Ink, 1 ice pick; July 18: 1 pr shoes 1.50, 1 pr shoes 1.00, 48 pc. Cotton 20 ½ yd velvet, whale bone, tea pot, 1 hat, 1 pr scissors, 2 dishes, 1 teapot 1 tea kettle, 2 jars [MTP].

M. Clabaugh, attorney in Meade, Kansas wrote to Sam enclosing the obituary of William G. Hawkins, for many years a clerk on steamboats in the St. Louis and New Orleans trade. “Sometime before his death he was in my office and seeing a copy of your ‘Life on the Mississippi’ he borrowed and read the same. He also wrote a list of pilots a copy of which I enclose.” [MTP]. Note: this is a long list of old time pilots, including Sam, Horace Bixby, the Ealers, and many others.

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