April 27 Saturday – Thomas S. Fox for Albany Evening Union wrote to Sam. Fox wanted to use the Kaolatype process “in a small local way,” not in the country at large [MTP]. Note: Whitmore had given him a $3,000 price to use the process in the U.S.

William Dean Howells wrote: “I’m not sure that Cassell sends us all his books; any way I’ve not seen Miss Trumbull’s. I shall certainly send it with every prepossession” [MTP]. Note: Annie’s book was probably An Hour’s Promise (1889) pub. by Cassell [Gribben 715].