July 22 Wednesday – James Hammond Trumbull wrote to Sam about the “dream” feature of Sam’s play of Col. Sellers. The noted philologist talked of Sanskrit and Hawaiian legends of dreams [MTP].

July 22? Wednesday – Sam wrote from Elmira to William Dean Howells, responding to his July 11 letter about a translation of Ippolito Tito d’Aste’s play, Sanson. Howells had shared Charles P. Pope’s offer for the translating with Sam and asked his opinion. (Pope was a theatrical producer.) Sam answered he would have asked $100 more for the down payment with other terms acceptable. Sam relayed that he’d just received a note from Pope, who was “charmed…& delighted with the prospect of a translation to his liking” Sam also discussed his five-act drama entitled “Colonel Sellers” and John T. Raymond as the Colonel [MTL 6: 193; MTHL 1: 19-21].