November 26 Wednesday – Sam wrote from Hartford to Andrew H.H. Dawson, declining to come to another banquet and citing the Dec. 3 banquet, and also more time than anticipated on getting his book ready. If Dawson didn’t hear from Sam by Dec. 20, “cross me off & consider that my book as got me ‘in the door’ & I can’t come.” [MTLE 4: 160].

Sam also wrote to Jesse M. Leathers, letter not extant but referred to in Leathers’ Nov. 29 reply.

Sam also wrote to Frank Fuller with the same information he wrote to Dawson. He added that Dan Slote could tell Fuller about the patent, which Sam thought was “not sound & strong” [MTLE 4: 161].