February 4 Friday — At the Bay House in Hamilton, Bermuda Sam wrote to Andrew Carnegie.
Dear St. Andrew:
This will introduce & endorse to you Mr. Morgan; & as this is the first time I have ever given anyone a letter of introduction to you out of 150 applications, “dying I salute you!” and urgently beg you to let him talk to you on a matter which is not trivial but is of very high importance to our country & to its loftiest interests.
I got the whiskey—& something happened to it. Always does. I thank you ever so much, & am yours in the hope of a hereafter for both of us where the asbestos pyjamas you have been spending large money on will not be needed. /Affectionately [MTP].
Albert Bigelow Paine wrote from Redding to Clemens:
Mrs Paine is mailing you the visiting cards, & they will go by tomorrow’s steamer and I will send this line to say that we will look up the Jacob book & get it off next week. I will also go into the matter of Clara’s will with Lark first time I go [to] town. I had long letter from both Clara & Ossip a few days ago, They are well & happy. Matters here all in fine shape. Plenty of ‘weather / Hurriedly & affectionately .... Will look up the Mysterious Stranger MS. too [MTP].