April 1 Wednesday – Frederick J. Hall wrote a long letter and a short letter to Sam. The shortie was enclosed with a proof set of the Mark Twain’s Memory Builder game for his approval. The long letter dealt with Watson Gill feeling “pretty sore” about the fact that Webster & Co. was now doing business that used to be sent to Gill, who would threaten to appeal to Sam on each dispute. The current argument was over 70 or 80 of the Sheridan books sent to Gill that were damanged after lying on the dock at Stoningham, Conn. waiting in the rain for transport to Boston. Gill charged they were damaged before shipment, and demanded Webster & Co. fix them. Hall wrote Gill’s assertion was “simply nonsense.” Hall apologized for bringing the issue before Sam [MTP].

William D. Kelly of the Clearfield Bituminous Coal Corp. wrote asking if Sam still held certain bonds. A letter in the file from F.G. Whitmore to Kelly answered these had been returned to Charles Langdon on Jan. 3, 1885 and July 11, 1889 [MTP].