April 22 Friday – Sam wrote from Hartford to Francis Augustus Teall (1822-1894). Francis was one of the most distinguished proofreaders of his time. He was associated with Appleton Publishing House. He had charge of the Proof Department of their Encyclopedia. He was Assistant Editor of the Century Dictionary published in 1889. Sam confirmed a paragraph listing and dating the titles of six of his prior books, and added he had “a book in press, but it wouldn’t be out till November” [MTP].

Sam paid a bill dated Apr. 21 to F.W. Christern, New York importer of foreign books, for Wilhelm Scherer’s Volkslieder and Christoph von Schmid’s Genovefa and an unidentified work Weihnacht Abend (Christmas Eve) [Gribben 605, 607, 754].