August 30 Tuesday – In Bad Nauheim Sam responded to Chauncey Depew’s Aug. 28 note.

If you ain’t gone yet, I hope this word may catch you, for its mission is to wish you good luck, a happy voyage & a torpid conscience [MTP].

Sam also wrote to Lady Ann, Chandos-Pole, probably in London (See Depew’s request for Sam’s autograph, Aug. 28:

Mr. Depew says “Write! And I obey, holding it a privilege. And although the result is only a sample of penmanship and a wish, both are my very best: for I couldn’t write any better than this to save me…[MTP].