May 30 Thursday – Sam’s notebook: “Mrs. Broughton” [NB 44 TS 11]. Note: Cara Leland Rogers was Mrs. Urban H. Broughton

Check # Payee Amount [Notes]

220 dollar watch co 1.00

At 1410 W. 10th in N.Y.C., Sam wrote to an unidentified man: “$1 enclosed. /14 W. 10th st May 30. / Dear Sir:

Please send me another watch; & oblige” [MTP]. Note: this likely a followup note to Ingersoll & Brothers; see May 21.

Sam also wrote to Barbara Mullen in Hannibal, Mo.

I wish to thank you for sending me the program. The High School did me great honor, & naturally I am proud of it. The Hannibal schools always showed me special attentions, even from the beginning (at Mrs. Horr’s nearly 61 years ago), but this is the first time I have taken pride in them. In those early days I won compliments every day; but I wore a sheepskin under my jacket & did not much mind it [MTP]. Note: On May 20, Sam declined to travel to Hannibal to speak to Mullen’s high school; she then sent him a program from their graduation.