March 6 Tuesday – In New York Sam gave power of attorney to H.H. Rogers to act on his behalf during Sam’s absence in Europe, including assigning all of Sam’s property — including typesetter rights and copyright on his books — to Livy. This was done on Mar. 9. Sam also signed two copies of a contract between himself and the Paige Compositor Co. [MTHHR 43n1]. Sam then sent the signed contracts to Urban H. Broughton, letter not extant but referred to in Broughton’s Mar. 8 letter.

In New York Sam sent a note to Frank Fuller he headed “Private”:

I sail tomorrow but shall be back the middle of April, because I was not satisfied with the arrangement I made and am going to tackle the thing again after a short rest. I hope you and I can join teams yet if you can raise part or all of the capital necessary.

Sam added a PS that he’d asked William Evarts Benjamin (purchaser of LAL) to talk with him in Sam’s interest. Note: This regarding a “scheme” to publish Mark Twain’s Uniform Edition. See Mar. 8. Significantly, Sam already had plans to return shortly even before reaching his family.

Sam was up until 2 a.m. waiting for Bainbridge Colby, H.H. Rogers’ attorney (mentioned in his Mar. 8 to Rogers; unidentified), but he did not come.