In his letter of Nov. 20 to Twichell,  Sam wrote that he had “discharged George [Burk]  at Venice—the worthless idiot—& have developed into a pretty fair sort of  courier myself since then” [MTLE 3:  101]. Sam fired Burk on Oct. 1 [MTNJ 2: 197] Note: George Burk had been the portier at the Schloss Hotel in Heidelberg   when Sam hired him. Sam gave Burk 100 franks extra and let him go.

Also, Sam’s notebook recorded  purchases of furniture, including the carved bedstead with cherubs which appeared in later photographs of Sam. He paid 1,000 francs for the bed ($200).

Livy wrote of being harassed by visitors: “…out  tonight and calls until after eleven—three appointments for tomorrow—we are  worse pushed than [in] Hartford” [Salsbury 85].