March 30 Thursday – Sam wrote to Christian Tauchnitz, letter not extant but referred to in Tauchnitz, Jr.’s reply of Apr. 15.

Edward T. Potter wrote offering to “arrange the matter of the bill in any way that would be most satisfactory to you & Thorp. I do not want any thing for my services & think there is about 200 coming to me that I will gladly relinquish.” Evidently Sam felt there had been departures from what was agreed upon for the house while the family was in Europe, though Potter didn’t recall any [MTP].

Charles Webster wrote to Clemens (twice). In the first letter he was sorry he’d been away to Albany when Sam came by but assumed George N. Marsh “told you all about the matters.” The second short note as about hearing from George E. Jones of the NY Times, “that the Hartford people that are interested in the type setter have been down here to see him” for a $10,000 investment [MTP].