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November 6 Tuesday – At 1410 W. 10th in N.Y.C., Sam wrote to Brander Matthews.

Dang it, I’m in Princeton 16th, 17th, & 18th to umpire the football game.

Gimme another chance!

Of course dedicate to me, if you will do me that honor. I shall be glad & proud [MTP]. Note: Gribben identifies the dedicated work as Matthews’ 1901 book, The Historical Novel and Other Essays [459].

Sam also wrote to Emilie R. Rogers (Mrs. H.H. Rogers), heading the letter “ ‘lection Day.”

Mrs. Clemens sends thanks & salutations, & will go to lunch with you on Friday & bring a daughter along.

I shall come before that & look over the ground with you anent the children-charity [MTHHR 454]. Note: misdated as Nov. 4 in source; corrected on MTPO. The source gives Jan 10, 1901 as a date for a reading Sam gave at the Rogers home, “presumably for the charity in which Mrs. Rogers was interested” [n1].

H. Montheré wrote a request (in French) to Sam asking to translate RI [MTP]. Note: Sam would not receive this for some time, answering on Jan. 25, 1901 and advising Chatto & Windus of his referral of the question to them.

William McKinley was reelected President of the US. Gov. Theodore Roosevelt, Republican of New York, Vice President.

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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