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March 30 Tuesday – William Dean Howells wrote to Sam.

“Thanks for your Club Contribution. It’s good, and powerfully true but you wont be allowed to get your adverbs wrong in this magazine. John is reading Tom Sawyer, and [illegible].” Note: see MS notes in source. [MTHL 2: 880, 890].

Edson Q. Beebe wrote from Montrose, Penn. to ask Sam his opinion of boys [MTP].

Lyman Abbott for the Christian Union wrote to ask Sam for 1,500 words for 25$ [MTP]. Note: Sam wrote on the env., “The immortal cheek of it! Christian Union offers 2500 for art.”

Day By Day Acknowledgment

Mark Twain Day By Day was originally a print reference, meticulously created by David Fears, who has generously made this work available, via the Center for Mark Twain Studies, as a digital edition.   

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