August 8 Tuesday – Chatto & Windus wrote to Sam advising they’d sent him a copy of P&P

Charles J. Langdon wrote to Sam, heading the letter “Confidential.”

Yesterday I borrowed $800000 of my friend James Rathbone at three months on my individual note, it was a cheeky thing to do, but I depend upon you (Webster & Co) to pay $600000 and I think I can find the other $200000 by Nov. 10/93 if I do not I may as well throw up the sponge — I sent Mr. Hall $300000 more yesterday [MTP]. Note: Langdon told of receiving a check from Penn. R.R. for $20,800 that N.Y. Banks would not honor, being afraid of all Penn. banks, and so it might as well have been from China.