December 12 Tuesday – Livy wrote to Sam. He received the letter (not extant) on Dec. 25 with three others from her (Dec. 9, 10, 11), after his return from Chicago [Dec.25 to Livy].

William A. Goodhart (Law offices of Goodhart & Phillips, N.Y.) wrote to Sam:

Yours of the 2nd inst. to hand, for which please accept my thanks. / I consider that a letter in your handwriting and signed…with your name and your nom de plume is of an inestimable value. / For that reason I again ask you for an “autograph letter” naming one of your works that you consider your masterpiece I can not make a distinction so great the merits of each [MTP].