July 29 Friday – In Tyringham, Mass. Sam wrote to John Francis Holme of Bandar-Log Press. “I am exceedingly glad to be a Bandar Log Town stock and I sent my best thanks. The stuff has reached me and I highly prize it. Immeasurable disaster has befallen me since the La Shelles were under my roof and this has changed my permanent address. Sincerely Yours, S.L. Clemens” [MTP]. Note: Mr. & Mrs. Kirke La Shelle visited in Florence after April and before Livy’s death.

(1874-1925), “I send herewith unfinished proofs, in making your selection for the Berkshire Topics please consider that the rough lines which are untouched in the proofs will be judiciously modified”[MTP]. Note: Gessford had a branch studio in Lee, Mass., a stone’s throw from Tyringham. One of the photos Gessford took of Richard Watson Gilder (standing) and Mark Twain (seated) at Tyringham ran in the Nov. 1904 issue of The Editor. The MTP puts the date of the Gessford photographs as between July 19 and 29.