February 23 Monday – Sam sent two short notes from Hartford to James Redpath about “floating” the fact that Sam had refused an offer of $25,000 for 30 lectures, as a way of puffing the upcoming Boston lecture [MTL 6: 43].

Sam also sent a note by way of Patrick McAleer (1846-1906) to the staff of Roberts Opera House in Hartford requesting two tickets for the Vokes family comedy show for Wednesday, Feb. 25 and three tickets for the Theodore Thomas concert for Friday, Feb. 27 [MTL 6: 44; See note 1 in source].

Sam also wrote to the Superintendent of the American Asylum for the Deaf and Dumb in Hartford, requesting that “young Wheeler” not always stay for dinner. It’s not known why James Wheeler, deaf from scarlet fever as a child, would stop by and always stay for dinner. But Sam didn’t like it [MTL 6: 45].

J.C. Kojema wrote on Hartford Courant notepaper to ask Sam for a referral as a teacher [MTP].