November 1 Friday – Colonel John M. Wilson, Superintendent at West Point wrote to Sam:

Since I had the pleasure of meeting you in Washington, I have been assigned to the command of this post, and I am anxious to do something this winter for the entertainment of the Cadets.

      The only time that can be devoted to amusement is on Saturday evening between seven and nine P.M. and I write to ask whether your engagements will admit your devoting one Saturday evening during the winter to the entertainment of the Cadets [Leon 237]. Note: Wilson knew Sam from his several appearances before Congress on copyright law.

Sam’s notebook carries an entry, “Proposition to Jo Goodman, Nov. 1/89” (Sam often spelled Joe without the “e”) which is essentially what he put to Joe Goodman in his Nov. 16 letter.

G.W. Lynch telegraphed from N.Y. to Sam: “Frohman has fixed everything all right for Elsie has engaged her for two years will write” [MTP].

Charles L. Thomas wrote from Crawfordsville, Ind. to ask Sam for a sketch of his life; Thomas was to read his paper before their Literary Club on Dec. 27 [MTP].