November 19 Thursday – Sam left New York City for Washington, D.C. 

Sam wrote to Rollin M. Daggett, letter not extant but referred to in Daggett’s Nov. 28 reply.

Sam sent a full morocco copy of Grant’s Memoirs to Philip H. Sheridan (1831-1888) [Gribben 640].

From Sam’s notebook:

Nov. 19 Called on President Cleveland at the White House, by appointment, with Johnson of the Century Magazine & Geo Walton Green, Chief of the Authors’ League. By little & little I wandered into a speech—having got speedily warmed up by the first remark or two made on international copyright—which remark or two I made myself without intending to say anything further. Then there was a 4-cornered talk of an hour. The President showed great interest in our subject & will do it as good a turn as he can in his Message. I ventured to urge him to make I.C. the child of his administration, & nurse it & raise it [MTNJ 3: 211].