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October 14 Saturday – In New York, Sam wrote on the back of his Villa Viviani calling card, a note for Franklin G. Whitmore:

P.S. Moreover, that Buffalo firm have not paid me in full for “Adam’s Diary” & I am going to sue for the rest SLC [MTP].

Note: This may have been left on a visit to Hartford. Is it a PS to a letter (not extant)? The Buffalo matter was Niagara Book, containing “Extracts from Adam’s Diary” was published by Underhill and Nichols. Sam had received but $500 of the $1,000 promised. See June 3.

Day By Day Acknowledgment

Mark Twain Day By Day was originally a print reference, meticulously created by David Fears, who has generously made this work available, via the Center for Mark Twain Studies, as a digital edition.