December 23 Monday – Elmer Z. Burns wrote to Sam, enclosing a photograph of Twain’s cabin at Aurora. “Some of your admirers have placed decorations on this cabin in your honor, but I am sure, if all who would like to do so, could, the cabin would be buried beneath the load” [MTP]. Note: Lyon wrote for Sam on the letter, “The hillside & the sagebrush look just as they did before, but I think the house looks better than it did formerly”

Miss Beryl Morse wrote Merry Christmas wishes “In memory of a pleasant afternoon spent in the Century Club booth at the Actor’s Fund Fair, where a happy little girl was entertained by a distinguished author” [MTP].

B.W. Taylor wrote from El Paso, Tex. to Sam, not receiving a reply to his letter of Dec. 7 (not extant) This is essentially a begging letter, long and drawn out; Taylor was trying to sell some verses [MTP].