February 28 Wednesday – Samuel S. McClure wrote to Sam, having reconsidered his Jan. 11 offer to Sam to be editor-in-absentia for his new magazine.

When I came to think the matter over, there is practically no instance where the editors-in-chief of a magazine are out of practically physical contact with the business. We would therefore in this business have to leave that degree of freedom that would enable us to meet all of these conditions in the get-up of a magazine [MTP]. Note: See Jan. 13 to Rogers. McClure’s letter of over two pages of single-spaced type is a marked retrenchment from the liberties he’d discussed before. Undoubtedly this letter led to Sam’s declining the offer.