January 22 Wednesday – J.L. Dawkins, secretary of the Toronto Anti-Poverty Society, wrote to Sam commenting on the libertarian principles of P&P and asking if Sam might lecture for the society sometime in the spring [MTP]. This was one of a probable hundreds of such requests during these years.

William E. Collins wrote for the Hartford Courant to Sam, pasting a “Personal” item from a Baltimore newspaper: “Mark Twain’s wife has written a book under a fictitious name”. Would Sam confirm or deny? Sam wrote on the envelope, “nonsense SLC” [MTP].

J.F. Morton wrote to Sam asking for an autograph [MTP].

E.G. Priston wrote from N.Y. to Sam asking for literary advice for a lady friend [MTP].