December 3 Thursday – Sam wrote from New York City to Livy. He had received Susy’s letter telling of the death of Mary Burton. He related the night before at Laffan’s, and Mrs. Grant’s, and wrote of the Japanese Village in Madison Square Garden that he wanted to show Livy when she came down the following week [MTP].

Osman C. Hooper (1858-1941) of the Columbus Evening Dispatch wrote, enclosing a clipping from that paper of a poem he wrote celebrating Clemens’ 50th birthday [MTP].