April 11 Monday – In Vienna, Austria, Sam wrote to Eupemia A. Suverkrop, an editor of American Machinist (New York; published continuously since 1877).

Months ago, either here or in England, I read or was told the very episode which you mention—the finding of the island by your father’s native passenger. I think it is a very remarkable thing. I am glad of your confirmation of it, for I very much wanted to believe it, & now I shall consider myself justified in doing so [MTP: TS Charles Hamilton catalogs, 31 Jan. 1966, Item 42]. Note: this letter was sold with a photostat copy of a printed letter by Suverkrop, describing the clairvoyant discovery of the island of Aitutaki in the Pacific Cook Islands. Sam was interested in “mental telegraphy”.

Charles J. Langdon and son Jervis Langdon II arrived in Vienna for a visit [Apr. 12 to Rogers].