January 8 Tuesday – Sam was at sea en route from Bermuda to New York on the Bermudian.

Isabel Lyon’s journal: “The King is so amusing, so paralyzing. [written diagonally:] See notebook” [MTP TS 7]. Note: Lyon continued, likely at a later time, to strike out words, phrases and even whole segments, seemingly toward publication, which never, until now, has taken place.

F.R. Hulbert wrote from Port Sudan on the Red Sea to ask Sam’s permission to republish the poem with 66 names of Australia and New Zealand [MTP]. Note: On the back is a directive to Harpers for permission.