February 6 Thursday – Frederick A. Duneka of Harpers wrote to Sam.

Your letter of yesterday [not extant] has come to me and I beg to say that the reason why no mention of the 6-vol. set was made in your statement is because these books are being sent out to agents and others under an installment arrangement. This means that because of cancellations of orders and because of returns, these books have not reached the stage yet where they can appear in any account (as sales) as a basis for payment of royalty.

If matters continue to progress as at present, there will be due you more than $15,000 on these 6-vol. Sets in your next royalty statement [MTP].

Sam’s neighbor, Darwin Pearl Kingsley (1857-1932), executive for N.Y. Life Insurance Co., visited the Clemens household in the evening