September 12, 1908 Saturday

September 12 Saturday – Sam’s new guestbook:  

Name Address Date Remarks

Silas W. Driggs ——————————— ———————————

Teresa W. Driggs From over the Ridge September 12

Clara D. Driggs

Isabel Lyon’s journal: “We worked in the garret over ms. trunks” [MTP: IVL TS 65].

September 10, 1908 Thursday

September 10 Thursday – Isabel Lyon’s journal: “Will [Charles Wark] came up this morning. / At early breakfast came 2 letters from Paine. Benares and I were in the loggia at breakfast and I had to have him read them, for since the day when Paine wrote a letter that must have been terrible, for he forestalled my reading of it.”

September 9, 1908 Wednesday

September 9 Wednesday – Isabel Lyon’s journal: “We met Santa today at the Cunard pier.

Paine came in pale, and I begged him not to quarrel there. He had no intention of that though. Santa came right up here to Redding and finds it very beautiful” [MTP: IVL TS 64].

September 8, 1908 Tuesday

September 8 Tuesday – Isabel Lyon’s journal: “There is a row about the red ms. trunk with Mrs. Paine who insulted the King and Benares and me over the telephone” [MTP: IVL TS 64].

James Ross Clemens ended his visit at the Redding house [new guestbook]. Sam’s guestbook shows another two-day stay by a Member of the Aquarium, or Angelfish.

Name Address Date Remarks

Marjorie S. Breckenridge, M.A. From down the glen. September 6-8

September 7, 1908 Monday

September 7 Monday – James Ross Clemens was a guest at the Redding house [new guestbook]. Also stopping by for a visit were the following Redding neighbors. Sam’s new guestbook:

    Name Address Date Remarks

Annie R. Banks ——————————— ———————————

Fannie Sanford Shaw From over September 7 [Fanny]

Emma Shaw Reid on the Ridge

Marshal E. Driggs ——————————— ———————————

September 5, 1908 Saturday

September 5 Saturday – Sam’s new guestbook:  

Name Address Date Remarks

Harriet Enders Pittsfield, Mass September 5-6

John O. Enders “               “ “              “

John Howells New York City “              “ [Illegible notes]

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