February 15 Friday – Sam and Livy were still in New York at the Murray Hill Hotel [Feb. 14 to Whitmore].

Orion Clemens wrote to Sam (two Feb. 11 Jean Clemens letters enclosed) on his new “Attorney at Law” letterhead. He wrote about going to Tennessee on the land matter — he thought there was an effort to have the land “put up at a sheriff’s auction… and thus cut us out.” Also, more delusions of Ma’s [MTP].

A.X. Parker wrote to Sam on U.S. House of Representatives letterhead (clipping enclosed): “When you were here I expressed my belief that a peculiar opposition existed to the Copyright bill in Springfield localities. The enclosed slip….is a droll corroboration [MTP].

Franklin G. Whitmore wrote to Sam that no invitation to Yale had come yet; he forwarded several invitations which may need answering. The machine was “setting & justifying type to a hair,” but there were “several small matters to fix” before it should exhibited [MTP].

President Grover Cleveland wrote to Sam and sent a book (unspecified). The letter is not extant but mentioned in Sam’s Feb. 20 to Cleveland [MTP].