June 6 Saturday – Hartford: Sam’s notebook: “Interview with Jacobs at his bank—noon. Lunch at the Club” [NB 46 TS 18].
From NB entries, it seems that Sam likely returned to Riverdale either this evening or the following day, since he noted Samuel Bergheim’s arrival by train on Sunday.
Rev. Dr. William Curtis Stiles (1851-1911), wrote from NY to Sam. “I am preparing for the house of G.W. Dillingham Company a Book: ‘Out of Kishineff’ to be issued within a very short time. Included in the book, as an addendum I shall include representative opinions from well-known Americans, both Jews and Christians. … Will you kindly give me a brief expression of your sentiments to be included in the book?” Stiles listed several questions about Jews, why they were persecuted, relations with Christians, etc. [MTP]. Note: Out of Kishineff, by Stiles (1903), dealing with a Jewish massacre. Stiles was a clergyman, first for the Universalist Church and then for the Congregational. He was also an editor on the Standard Dictionary and co-editor of Modern Sermons by World Scholars. Mark Twain is not mentioned in the book.