May 27 Monday – Sam’s sketch, “A Nevada Funeral,” an extract from chapter 47 of Roughing It, appeared in The Salt Lake City Tribune. The article included an engraved portrait of Sam, who sent a copy to William Dean Howells [MTL 5: 106n5].
Susan Crane recalled that the day after Susy’s baptism, Langdon grew feebler [Powers, MT A Life 319].
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