September – Miss Carrie Rosenheim of Baltimore, Md. wrote to Sam, calling him a “dear” and asking for an autograph [eBay item 230470822748, May 5, 2010]. Note: not extant but referred to in sale of Sam’s Oct. 9 reply.

Joseph Gilder’s article, “Glimpses of John Hay,” ran in Critic p, 248-52. Tenney: “Briefly tells of an evening with MT, Hay, James Russell Lowell, and Henry Adams, in Washington, January 1886” [Tenney: “A Reference Guide First Annual Supplement,” American Literary Realism, Autumn 1977 p. 331].

Sam signed his copy of The Adventures of Buffalo Bill, by Col. William F. Cody, etc. (1905): “SL. Clemens / Sept. 1905” [Gribben 149]. Note: William Frederick Cody (1846-1917).

September ca – In Dublin, N.H. Sam wrote to Norman Hapgood. The more I think of it the more it pleases me. There certainly is a chance to start that new platform, & M Clure, with his earnestness & energy & staying power is the man to drive it home to success if any one can. I want to thank you for the interest you have taken in it [MTP]. Note: for some time Sam McClure had wanted to start a new magazine. Sam declined to be editor for it; Hapgood was editor of Collier’s (since 1903). He may have commented on McClure’s proposed venture.