June 5 Wednesday – At 1410 W. 10th in N.Y.C., Sam sent a telegram to Miss Mazie Robinson, 420 Main St, Hartford: “I HAVE TRIED HARD TO ARRANGE SO THAT I COULD ACCEPT BUT HAVE NOT SUCCEEDED PLEASE GIVE MY LOVE AND PATRIARCHIAL BLESSINGS TO THE CLUB” [MTP]. Note: the 1900 Geer’s City Directory for Hartford lists Henry S. Robinson, John T. Robinson, and Mary S. Robinson at this address on Main; John was in the late Henry C. Robinson’s lawfirm letterhead. The club was likely the Saturday Morning Club formed by Sam and Livy sometime in 1876. See entries Vol. I.

Sam’s notebook: “My Vienna portrait delivered to-day to Melville B. Raymond, 1358 Broadway, who will return it presently” [NB 44 TS 11]. Note: Melville B. Raymond was a Broadway producer who went bankrupt in 1905; perhaps the Spiridon painting was to be used in dramatizing one of Sam’s stories.