February 17 Saturday – Sam looked in on Henry M. Stanley, who had been treated by Dr. Henrick Kellgren from Sam’s recommendation. Stanley had improved greatly since his first treatment on Feb. 15; he had bacon and eggs and spoke with Sam for an hour and a half [Feb. 27 to Rogers]. See also Feb. 15 letter from Mrs. Stanley.

February 17 ca. – At 30 Wellington Court in London, England Sam wrote to Mollie Clemens. This letter is not extant but referred to in a Feb. 27 from Pamela A. Moffett to her son; the news was that Livy had influenza, too serious for a doctor, so they called an osteopath [MTP]. Note: if Pamela wrote on Feb. 27, then Sam’s letter to her would have been ca. Feb. 17 at the earliest, giving time for the Atlantic crossing and mail delivery. The MTP puts this as “before Feb. 27”. Livy’s influenza, however, was likely over by this time: it was referred to in at least six letters from Sam to Sue Crane, H.H. Rogers, Laurence Hutton, and Joe Twichell, between 22 Dec. 1899 and 8 Feb. 1900, so that by Feb. 17 it would not have been “news.” This puts the date here as suspect.