June 6 Thursday – Sam’s notebook: “A.A. Adee Asst. Sec. State 1601” [NB 44 TS 11]. Note: Alvey Augustus Adee (1842-1924), Second Assistant Secretary of State under John Hay; a bachelor and bicycle enthusiast who was almost totally deaf, Adee was a recognized expert on Shakespeare and on foreign affairs, and in the office since 1869, when appointed by Grover Cleveland.

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234 Century co 2.00 Likely subscription fee

Sam T. Hughes of Cleveland, Ohio wrote to Sam enclosing a news clipping datelined Washington, June 6 about a giant lock, three feet ten inches long and a large iron key which were on exhibit at the national museum. “What right, do you think, has anybody, except the agents of the Emperor of China, or possibly a burglar, to this lock and key? Does not this case come generally under the line of your criticism of looting in China?” [MTP].