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June 26 Monday – Sam wrote a short note from Hartford to Charles Webster, “From force of habit” Sam had sent a check for $500 instead of $1,000. “The child is doing first rate, at present” [MTP].

Orion Clemens wrote to Sam: “I wish you would set me at work soliciting orders for the Kaolatype in some city.” A long letter of various topics, typical of Orion [MTP].

E.R. Holden for Delaware, Lackawanna R.R. wrote to Sam, having rec’d his of the 21st. If Sam wanted to telegraph for a hotel car he was to send to A. Reasoner, Supt. Hoboken, since Holden was going on vacation [MTP]. Note: Sam’s not extant.

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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