March 2 Thursday – In Florence Sam wrote a two-sentence note to Frederick J. Hall. They’d received the check for £102.5.0 the night before and “were very short.” Sam repeated his hope that Hall would “have Carnegie convinced & converted by the time” he “arrived 30 days hence” [MTP].

He also answered a letter (not extant) from Franklin G. Whitmore. Sam did not know or recollect meeting one Horace J. Smith. He also remarked on William Hamersley being elected to some position. He agreed the Hartford house should be painted, and directed that the same amount of coal be laid in for John and Ellen O’Neil, who were caretaking the place. He ended with a note that he would sail from Genoa on Mar. 22 and labeled it “Private”[MTP].