December 29 Friday – Sam wrote from Hartford per Fanny C. Hesse to Moncure Conway.

“Hart and I have written a play, the chief character in which, is a Chinaman, and we have leased it for life to a man who will play that part. We give him the sole right for the entire world.”

Sam added that he always intended to simultaneously publish a sketch or article in both the Atlantic and in Temple Bar, but had always forgotten to do it, save for one time [MTLE 1: 157].