October 5 Friday – At Brown’s Hotel in London, England Sam inscribed a copy of The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg and Other Stories and Sketches to Archibald Clarke: “To / Mr. Archibald Clarke / with compliments of / Mark Twain / Oct. 5/00” [MTP]. Note: Clarke was a contributor to John Y. MacAlister’s quarterly journal, The Library and so this connection may explains his contact with Sam. To wit: 1900 Vol. I p. 274: “The Reputed First Circulating Subscription Library in London.”

Sam inscribed a copy of the same book to Miss Mildred Williamson: “To Miss Mildred Williamson with the compliments of Mark Twain, Oct. 5/00” [MTP]. Note: this may be the daughter of Mrs. F. Harcourt Williamson, writer and editor, and society columnist.