February 26 Friday – In Hartford Sam wrote to Warren Choate & Co., that had asked to purchase the rights to the Jumping Frog story. Sam replied that he was “on the point of issuing it in book form through my publishers here, along with all my sketches complete” [MTL 6: 394].

Sam also wrote to William A. Seaver who had offered to report the results of Sam’s upcoming charity lecture.

“As this is honestly the last lecture I ever expect to deliver, I would like to see it corral as much cash as possible” [MTL 6: 395].