March 7 Friday – Sam, in Hartford, telegraphed and also wrote a short note with enclosure to Whitelaw Reid of the New York Tribune. Sam wrote about the convicted murderer William Foster and then changed his mind and asked Reid to “tear this stuff up” [MTL 5: 310-11]. Still, the article was published in the Tribune on Mar. 10. Sam sent a one-line note to the staff of the Tribune, asking them to “send 2 Credit Mobilier Extra Sheets.” Sam was interested in the scandal and probably thought he might use it in writing The Gilded Age [MTL 5: 314].