April 3 Friday – Sam’s notebook: “Plasmon, 11.30. / John Bergheim. English Co. has declared 5% div. / 6 Founders Shares. / When do you issue stock?” [NB 46 TS 13].
Richard Crace wrote from Guelph, Ontario Canada to Sam. “I forward the enclosed clipping for your consideration. As a philosopher and a humorist—how does the incident appeal to you!” The clipping, from an unspecified newspaper, byline Vancouver, B.C., Mar. 28, related the burning of 300 Roman Catholic Bibles by Fijian natives in the public square, after their conversion to Protestantism [MTP].