March 25 Monday – Daniel Whitford for Alexander & Green forwarded the draft of a new contract for the dramatization of P&P. The new agreement included Daniel Frohman as well as Abby Sage Richardson, and gave Sam and Abby half-shares of a sliding scale of receipts. Whitford offered that it was impossible “to make a more advantageous agreement.” The new contract was in force on May 13 [MTNJ 3: 466].

Abraham G. Mills wrote to Sam, finalizing his Apr. 8 appearance and asking where he’d be staying in New York. [to Mills Mar. 27].

Annie Brown (Brace to Brown Mar. 23 enclosed) wrote to Sam asking him to read at her New York City home on Apr. 13 to benefit the Society of Collegiate Alumnae, which was “interested in establishing a society for the lower Class of working women in the city” [MTNJ 3: 468n211].

H.J. Hynes wrote to Sam (enclosed in Whitford Mar. 28) [MTP].

Webster & Co. wrote to Sam, enclosing another weekly report. “We have quite a list of orders were parties have refused to take the book, saying they were too poor…or making other excuses” [MTP].