April 23 Tuesday – Frederick J. Hall wrote to Sam: “Your favor received. I would have gotten rid of Mrs. Crowley easily and quickly except that she was brought to the office personally by Col. Grant, who asked me to give her matter consideration. I knew of course we did not want the book.” Hall presumed that Col Grant’s remark of Sam having the deciding vote was what put the lady “on his scent” [MTP].

Gertrude A. Mahorney wrote to Sam, billing herself as “the first graduate of African descent” from Butler University in 1887. She outlined all the countries she wanted to travel to and suggested Sam be the publisher for a book she would write from it all. Sam wrote “Curiosity” on the envelope  [MTP].