March 23 Friday – Sam wrote from Hartford to Charles Webster, enclosing a letter of interest in the Paige typesetter.

“So I thought that if you and [William] Payton should run up here together and examine the machine, it would help these people to remember the terms upon which they can be applied to those New York men for capital” [MTBus 212].

Sam telegraphed George W. Cable about the planned lecture or reading at Unity Hall—a request to change the date to Apr. 4 and a suggestion to give the same reading that was successful in Baltimore. After sending the telegram, Sam then received and read a letter from Cable. He then typed a response, repeating the content of his telegram and adding:

“I DID NOT OPEN ANY LETTERS AT THE USUAL HOUR, BECAUSE WE ARE IN A GOOD DEAL OF A FLURRY HERE. ONE OF THE COACHMAN’S CHILDREN IS DYING, AND SINCE MIDNIGHT MRS. CLEMENS HAS BEEN RATHER ALARMINGLY ILL” [MTP].

Karl Gerhardt wrote, that Josie was walking the room and the baby was “doing splendidly”. He stopped paying out extra money for models in order to meet his budget [MTP].

J.B. Loewenthal wrote from Chicago asking for an autograph [MTP].