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ended before Sam’s return from the cruise to Saranac Lake on Aug. 21. The Great Dismal Swamp is a marshy area on the coastal plain of S.E. Virginia and N.E. North Carolina. It is now a protected refuge.
Sam also began a letter to H.H. Rogers that he did not finish until Sept. 6, due to inspiration for and writing of “The Double-Barrelled Detective Story.”
I carried off Mr. Coe’s sponge, but I seem to have left a set of my underwear in place of it. I’ll trade back if he will. He mustn’t think ill of me. I give you my word I didn’t intend to take the sponge; I did it while thinking of something else; I was only intending to take his dressing gown; he can send it to me here [MTHHR
469-70 and n1]. Note: William R. Coe, son-in-law of Rogers.
August 30 Friday – Sam was writing “The Double-Barrelled Detective Story,” averaging eighteen pages per day between Aug. 29 and Sept. 6 [Sept. 6 to Rogers].
August 31 Saturday – In Saranac Lake, N.Y. Sam wrote a typewritten letter (perhaps by Jean) to H.H. Armsworth in Chicago; evidently the letter made its way there and back with a “name not in directory” marking. Sam enclosed a printed postcard for Armsworth’s use, an inquiry to R.G. Newbegin & Co. 68 Read Street, N.Y.C.
It may not interest you, but my publishers think they can make money issuing a uniform edition of my works. I have authorized them to do so—at their expense.
If you wish to secure a collection of “Books that have helped me” you may let them know—at your expense [MTP].
Sam was writing “The Double-Barrelled Detective Story,” averaging eighteen pages per day between Aug. 29 and Sept. 6 [Sept. 6 to Rogers].
September 1 Sunday – Sam was writing “The Double-Barrelled Detective Story,” averaging eighteen pages per day between Aug. 29 and Sept. 6 [Sept. 6 to Rogers].
Franklin G. Whitmore sent Sam a statement of his Hartford account for the period Feb. 25 to Sept. 1, 1901, totaling $2,005.02 income, $1,918.95 expenses, and $86.07 on hand. [1901 Financials file MTP].
September 2 Monday – Sam was writing “The Double-Barrelled Detective Story,” averaging eighteen pages per day between Aug. 29 and Sept. 6 [Sept. 6 to Rogers].
September 3 Tuesday – Sam was writing “The Double-Barrelled Detective Story,” averaging eighteen pages per day between Aug. 29 and Sept. 6 [Sept. 6 to Rogers].
September 4 Wednesday – In Saranac Lake, N.Y. Sam wrote to Harper & Brothers. All that survives is his PS in a 1902 facsimile for a Harper’s Monthly Magazine Prospectus: “P.S. Before January I shall have a story ready for the magazine” [MTP].
Sam was writing “The Double-Barrelled Detective Story,” averaging eighteen pages per day between Aug. 29 and Sept. 6 [Sept. 6 to Rogers].
September 5 Thursday – Sam was writing “The Double-Barrelled Detective Story,” averaging eighteen pages per day between Aug. 29 and Sept. 6 [Sept. 6 to Rogers].
SLC used mourning border for most letters from Susy’s death on, then from Livy’s death on.