April 6 Monday – The N.Y. Times, p.4 “The Academy’s Exhibition” described the 66th exhibition of the National Academy of Design, which included “a half length of ‘Mark Twain’ by Charles Noel Flagg.”

Arthur Jule Goodman, artist, wrote a short note on Heublein Hotel, Hartford stationery to Sam that he’d forgotten his “waterproof wrapper portfolio” — would Sam send it C.O.D? He added, “What a delightful afternoon we had at your house. I shall always remember it, & so will Mrs. Goodman.” Sam wrote on the envelope, “Address 142 W. 16th” [MTP]. Note: the afternoon referred to was probably Apr. 5, Sunday.

Frederick J. Hall wrote to Sam, “favor received and contents carefully noted.” After enclosing a debt-note renewal, Hall told of a young lady, Miss Hosford, who’d been given an agency for sales of the Grant book and done well with it; while engaged she had borrowed $200 from the embezzler, Frank Scott, and now insisted on making payments on that amount, since the money must have been stolen [MTP].