April 5-15? Tuesday – William C. Cornwell (1851-1932) sent an unsigned article and asked Sam to respond. Cornwell was a banker temporarily turned journalist. Sam answered from Hartford:

“I perceive that the writer has discovered my besetting weakness, which is unreflecting & rather ungraceful irritability. It isn’t a pleasant trait. I have some pleasant ones, but modesty compels me to hide them from the world, so no one gets the benefit of them but myself” [MTL 5: 329].