September 26 Wednesday – Sam was working on his JA manuscript and wrote H.H. Rogers on Sept. 30 that he’d reached a point in the work on Sept. 26 that he’d been anxious about and “struggled for.”

Lloyd S. Bryce editor of the North American Review, wrote to Sam, the letter is not extant, but is mentioned in Oct. 13 to Bryce. Note: Bryce was US Representative from New York (1887-1889). He was called “General” after becoming the Paymaster General of N.Y. in 1886. He never served in the military. Bryce was a close friend of Allen Thorndike Rice, prior editor of the North American Review. Rice left the magazine to Bryce in his will; Bryce was owner and editor from (1889-1896) See Oct. 13 entry for Sam’s reply.