August 23 Friday – In Saranac Lake, N.Y. Sam wrote to H.H. Rogers.

August 22 Thursday – Sam was in bed at Saranac Lake fighting off a head cold . See Aug. 23 to Rogers.

August 21 Wednesday – Sam arrived at Saranac Lake at 1 a.m. and spent this day and the next two days in bed fighting off “a cold in the head” [Aug. 23 to Rogers].

August 18 Sunday – The Kanawha arrived in New York City.

Sam’s last entry in his log: (insert drawn by Harry Rogers 1901)

New York. Cast anchor off the Recreation Dock in the evening. A final search for the umbrella produced nothing, except regret.

August 17 Saturday – The Kanawha stopped in Portland, Maine where Thomas B. Reed disembarked.

Then it sailed directly for N.Y.C. [MTHHR 468 n1].

Sam’s log: August 17, Saturday.

Sailed early.

August 16 Friday – The Kanawha was nearing Bath, Maine at noon on its return leg to N.Y.C. when Sam wrote to Livy. The letter was postmarked Aug. 17 from Bath.

August 15 Thursday – The Kanawha stopped in Rockland, Maine, 40 miles n. of Bath [MTHHR 468n1].

Sam’s Ship log: August 15, Thursday. Bass’s Bay.

Fog.

August 14 Wednesday – On Rogers’ yacht Kanawha en route from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia to Bar Harbor, Maine, Sam wrote two letters to Livy. Sam’s first letter puts him at sea, his second at Bass’s Bay near Bar Harbor.

August 13 Tuesday – On Rogers’ yacht Kanawha Sam wrote from Yarmouth, Nova Scotia to Livy.

There is nothing to say, dearheart, except that I love you. So I will say that, & repeat it, then go ashore with the gang & take a drive—for the fog is still prevailing outside the harbor, & will continue to do it until the wind changes—if that ever happens.

August 12 Monday – Sam’s ship log: August 12, Monday. Yarmouth.

Fog-bound.

Trip in the launch.

Poker. No results [MTP].