September 17 Tuesday – Sam wrote a short note from London to Arthur Locker (1828-1893), a journalist writing a short sketch of Sam’s life for the London Graphic. Sam wrote that the sketch in “Men of the Time” was accurate, as he “furnished the facts” himself [MTL 5: 161].

Henry Lee inscribed a copy of Francis Trevelyan Buckland’s (1826-1880) 1868 work Curiosities of Nature: “To Saml L. Clemens / with the sincere regard of his friend / the Editor / Henry Lee / Sept. 17th 1872” [MTP].

John Henry Riley died of cancer. Emerson writes the cancer “reportedly originating from a wound in his mouth caused by a fork while he was eating” ! [80].