September 9, 1871 Saturday

September 9 Saturday  Sam filed his patent application for the garment strap and left Washington this day or the next for New York [MTL 4: 454n2].

Day By Day Acknowledgment

Mark Twain Day By Day was originally a print reference, meticulously created by David Fears, who has generously made this work available, via the Center for Mark Twain Studies, as a digital edition.