November 1 Saturday – In Riverdale, N.Y.: Sam’s notebook: “Miss Lyon came. / A reading in private house for Mrs. Bartholomew’s charity. / The Duel. Watermelon / Old Ram. Ornithorhyncus. / Mex. Plug. Russ. Passport. / Xms. Whistling. Golden Arm” [NB 45 TS 33]. Note: this is the reading canceled on May 1, 1902. Evidently he gave another reading for this charity on Dec. 20.
Michael Droogan sent Clemens a bill for $2.75 for an Oct. 30 purchase of “potatoe cider” [1902 Financials file MTP].
John D. Whitney wrote from NY to Sam, confessing to not yet be 40 years old but of having some good “old” friends, and named Calvin H. Higbie of Greenville, Calif. and Judge Adair Wilson of Durango, Colo. Whitney asked if he might tell Sam about them, and if he could call [MTP]. Note: on the env. Sam wrote “Tell him to go to Hell.” Without a letter of introduction Whitney’s note was likely seen as brash, given the sensibilities of that time.