May 29, 1909 Saturday

May 29 Saturday — In Redding, Conn. Sam wrote a short note to Isabel V. Lyon revoking in writing the power of attorney he’d given her and revoked orally some months ago. Albert Bigelow Paine signed as a witness [MTP].

Sam also wrote to an unidentified person about the appointment of Paine as his secretary and manager of his affairs [MTP: American Art Assoc.—Anderson Galleries catalog, Nov. 11-12, 1937, No. 4346, Item 89].

Lee A. White for Michigan University, Ann Arbor, Mich wrote to “beg” Sam to appear before the student body sometime during the following season [MTP]. Note: “Ans’d June 4, 09”

Day By Day Acknowledgment

Mark Twain Day By Day was originally a print reference, meticulously created by David Fears, who has generously made this work available, via the Center for Mark Twain Studies, as a digital edition.   

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