November 17 Monday – Emily S. Hutchings replied from St. Louis to Sam’s Nov. 14, thanking him for his “good and helpful letter,” which she’d rec’d this morning. She related a quick history of a novel she’d written on the Civil War when she was 20, and of Gen. Lew Wallace’s opinion, her decision not to publish it with Munsey, etc. Her lament was that so many other “oars” were in the water when it came to getting a book to the right publisher. She wished Livy better health [MTP].
Howard E. Wright for the Plasmon Co. of America wrote to Sam concerning payments of “equal sums of $5,000, the first payment due within a week, and the balance from twenty to thirty days thereafter” [MTP]. Note: the payments were for Sam’s subscription for the stock.
Chatto & Windus’ Jan. 1, 1904 statement to Clemens shows the first 2,000 copies of the 3s.6d. edition of GA were printed [1904 Financials file MTP].