January 4 Wednesday – In Hartford Sam inscribed P&P to A.V.S. Anthony: “To / A.V.S. Anthony / With Sentiments of esteem, / appreciation, & tenderness, / from / The Author / Hartford, Jan. 4, 1882” [MTP].

Sam also wrote to James R. Osgood about distribution of P&P to British possessions outside of Canada through McMillan. Sam didn’t care how it was done or how many were sold that way, he simply didn’t want cheaper versions flooding into the U.S. He also saw an opportunity to act in concert with Osgood as agents:

“Look here! Why shouldn’t we be our own general agents in N.Y., Phila and Boston, another time? We could work the bookstores and divide the swag” [MTLTP 150].

Mary Mason Fairbanks wrote a long, folksy letter thanking him & praising P&P [MTP].

David Watt Bowser wrote from Dallas, Texas, thanking for the P&P and the “great honor” [MTP].