April 17 Thursday – Sam wrote from Hartford to David G. Croly (1829-1889), editor of the New York Daily Graphic. Sam included a list of telegraph headings to show how “dull” things had become, leading him to “get the fidgets” and want to travel. He included news of his collaboration with Charles Dudley Warner. The letter was published in the Graphic on Apr. 22 [MTL 5: 341-3].

Possibly this day Sam also wrote a note of enthusiasm for the new book to Whitelaw Reid [MTL 5: 344].

A net bill after returns of $6.50 was paid to Strong & Woodruff, “manufacturer of hats, caps and furs of the most Fashionable Styles,” no. 355 Main St., Hartford [MTP].