January 24 Tuesday – A.P. Mitchell, NY stockbroker wrote, promoting a copper mine in Ariz. He claimed he’d made Sam’s acquaintance 10 years before in Pittsburgh [MTP]. Note: Clemens was in Pittsburgh during his 1872 lecture course on Jan. 11 to 16.

Louis Fréchette wrote from Montreal, another note in French, thanking for a visit [MTP]. Note in file: “Frechette evidently visited SLC in Hartford on 4 Feb. 1882. See Charles H. Clark to SLC, 4 February, 5 February 1882”; Actually, Frechette was a guest of the Clemenses on Feb. 2, and Friday Evening Club on Feb. 3.