Quarry Farm 1903 DBD

September 28 Monday – Sam’s notebook: “Monday, Sept. 28/03. Talk with Duneka (Harper & Brothers.) If ever a publisher gets a non-terminable contract with an author, that author can never buy his freedom from that slavery on any terms. A publisher is by nature so low & vile that he—that he—well from the bottom of my heart I wish all publishers were in hell. / And particularly: / Elisha Bliss (already there);” [NB 46 TS 23-24].

September 3 Thursday – At Quarry Farm in Elmira, N.Y. Sam wrote to Will Larrymore Smedley in Chatauqua, N.Y.

“The picture has just arrived from Riverdale. It was received by the family with an explosion of Exquisite! exquisite!’ all down the line—& certainly if you ever owed me anything on benefits conferred, the account is more than squared” [MTP]. Note: Smedley had been allowed to illustrate a new edition of GA, perhaps by recommendation from Sam. See May 30 and Aug. 29.

September 30 Wednesday – Sam’s notebook: “A P H / Every hog has his day” [NB 46 TS 25].

Joe Twichell wrote to Sam, pasting a Hartford Courant clipping at the top of the first page, which related an anecdote of Sam attending Parker’s Old South Church when Joe was away, and saying:

September 4 Friday – N.Y.C.: Sam’s notebook: “Went aboard the Kanawha 6 p.m. Lay off E. 23d st” [NB 46 TS 23].

September 5 Saturday – Fairhaven, Mass: Sam’s notebook: “Sailed at dawn. / Arrived at Fairhaven early in the afternoon, 8 1/4 hours out / Billiards” [NB 46 TS 23].

September 6 Sunday – Sam spent the day with the Rogers family in Fairhaven, Mass. [NB 46 TS 23].

September 7 Monday – Sam’s notebook: “Sailed for New York 2 p.m.” [NB 46 TS 23].

September 8 Tuesday – Gustaf H. Ander wrote to Sam from NYC. Out of work and planning to start a business of some sort, Ander asked for an illustration he might use in his business. English was clearly not his first language [MTP].