March 28 Wednesday – In London, England Sam cabled James R. Clemens and Katharine Boland

Clemens: “WE SEND LOVE AND THE HEARTIEST CONGRATULATIONS” [MTP]. Note: no doubt—a little Clemens!

Muriel Clemens Gotwals (1900-1989); exact birthday not determined.

Sam’s notebook: “Poultney Bigelow dinner, 7.30. To meet Boughton, artist, & the African Explorer. / Lady Seton, tea, 4.30 / Gilbert Parker later” [NB 43 TS 6]. Note: George Henry Boughton (1833-1905), Anglo-American painter. He illustrated Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow’s poems. 53 of his illustrations complimented the 1893 edition of Washington Irving’s Rip Van Winkle and Sleepy Hollow, published in London. He was also well known for his 1867 painting, “Pilgrims Going to Church.” The unnamed “African Explorer” was likely Henry M. Stanley. Lady Seton, likely wife of Sir Malcom C.C. Seton (b.1872).