June 3 or 4 Tuesday – Sam agreed to write letters during the trip for the New York Tribune and the
New York Herald, at the rates of $40 to $50 dollars per column of type. He eventually published six
letters in the Tribune and four in the Herald [MTL 2: 55n3]. Note: Sam may have hated the duty of
writing his correspondent letters, but he didn’t shirk from loading his plate with more duty. This was
due to an overabundance of affection for money, preferably not in greenbacks.
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