Sam and Cable read at the Congregational Church, Washington, D.C.

Note: Fatout gives figures from Pond’s cashbook, listing $789 as the take from this reading [Circuit 218]. Thus ended the “Twins of Genius” tour: total gross receipts, $46,201, from which Cable’s salary and expenses took more than $20,000. Cable earned $6,750, Sam approximately $15,000, and Pond’s commissions “a modest $2500 to $3000” [228].

See Touring with Cable and Huck for review.

Cable headed to New Orleans and Sam railed to New York on March 2 and stayed three nights at the Everett Hotel, spending much of his time with Grant, before returning to Hartford three days later.  [From page 450 The Life of Mark Twain - The Middle Years 1871-1891]