January 22 Friday – Sam was in New York City.

George King wrote from Clinton, NY to Sam. A local news article made George recall being in Orion’s office 45 years before as a carpenter and millwright in the employ of the “silver state reduction works.” He’d read all of Mark Twain’s books and remarked on several. He recalled being in the choir with Sam at “good old Father White’s church.” He spent several pages mentioning names from the 1861-1865 period, including Deacon Taylor, H.B. Pomeroy, Ben Small, Mr.Wasson, Atty Gen Edwards, W.D. Toeringson, Jim Sturdevant, Abe Curry, Mr. Kinkead, H.M. Yerrington, and J. Neeley Johnson, ex-governor of Calif. [MTP]. Note: see also the Nov. 23, 1908 from J.T. Lockhart who also mentioned “Parson White.”