August – Sometime during the month Sam wrote Franklin G. Whitmore, “I can have no stoppage upon any pretext,” which most likely had to do with the Paige typesetter [MTP].

“Mark Twain’s Story” ran in Frank Leslie’s Popular Monthly. Sam wrote a list of his favorite songs in his notebook, not dated but within August notes. These may not be the full or correct titles, but they were good enough for Sam:

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• Killaloo.
• Larboard Watch.
• Lorelie.
• Lang Syne.
• Swing Low.
• Gospel Train.
• Grave of Napoleon.
• Old Folks at Home.
• My Ain Countree
• Golden Slippers
• Die Wacht am Rhein
• Der Feldmarshchall.
• Treu und herzinniglich
• Blau ist das Blűmelein
• Lily of the Valley
• Go Down Moses
• Go chain de lion
• Roll Jordan [MTNJ 3: 513].