October 22 Monday – In the evening in Hartford, Sam received Henrik Cavling in Hartford, as requested by Christen Thomsen Christensen of the New York office of Drexel, Morgan & Co. on Oct. 8. Cavling was a Danish journalist in the U.S. covering the 1888 election. Mark Twain’s works were quite popular in Denmark. Christensen, a former Danish consul had written to Sam that Cavling wanted “the honor of shaking you by the hand” and being “face to face with the author, who…has proven a benefactor to civilized mankind, scarcely less appreciated outside of, than in his own country” [MTNJ 3: 427n64].

Webster & Co. wrote to Sam, advising that “Colonel Sheridan wishes to see Mr. Hall, and he thought of leaving here Wednesday night and going to Washington, returning if possible Thursday night or Friday morning” [MTP].