November 17 Sunday – Sam’s notebook: “Like dew on the gowan lying is you specialty. / Lord Rector of Glasgow—rectors are ecclesiastical only—if its a good salary I shall run for it. Ancient & Honorable Artillery” [NB 44 TS 18].

Theodore Weld Stanton (1851-1925) wrote from Paris on Harper’s letterhead

I landed here last week after a most delightful passage. I never in fact had a more pleasant one. We were nearly, within a half hour, making the shortest eastern passage.

I write only a word to inform you that I am starting tomorrow down to Lyons there to begin the search for the “Lost Napoleon”. I will find out there all about the boats and hope to be able to give you a favorable report before long [MTP].

Note: Theodore was the fourth son of suffragist Elizabeth Cady Stanton. On his trip down the Rhone near Avignon, France, Sam wrote about a mountain that seemed to be Napoleon’s face; see Sept. 28, 1891 entry. This became “The Lost Napoleon” when Stanton made a trip to France in part to locate the mountain.