October 26 Saturday – In Riverdale, N.Y. Sam replied to Franklin G. Whitmore’s Oct. 25 request:

“Don’t do it again, Brer. Whenever you receive a book that requires an autograph, paste into it one of those I sent you, & start it along back. Nothing makes me so angry with an admirer as for him to pay me the compliment of putting me to a lot of trouble” [MTP].

Elisabeth Marbury wrote to Sam about specific royalties for the production of PW. Marbury’s agency was getting 5% on the gross receipts—what portion of the 5% did he think he should receive for his book rights? Also she advised that Francis Wilson had offered $50 per week to dramatize CY, using very little of the actual story, so that he would be only advertising Mark Twain’s name and the book. “Let me know what you feel about this, and I will try and settle both of these matters” [MTP].