October 11 Wednesday – John C. Kinney wrote from Hartford to invite Sam to the Oct. 14 event at Allyn Hall, “when the Governor’s Foot Guard will entertain the Worcester, Mass. Continentals” Of course, he wanted Clemens to speak, along with others [MTP]. Note: Sam wrote on the env., “Maj. Kinney”

Charles Webster wrote from Chicago on Sherman House letterhead outlining the need for lists of sales agents and those who had applied to be book sales agents. $500 was needed to purchase a list of Western agents from H.N. Hinckley,  who had been sent by Elisha Bliss to open a Chicago branch of American Publishing Co. (see Oct. 24) [MTP].