April 26 Monday – Sam gave a reading “at a private house” of “A Telephonic Conversation” in Hartford. (See Apr. 23 entry) [MTLE 5: 85; MTPO]. The piece ran in the June 1880 issue of the Atlantic [Budd, “Collected” 1018].

Jesse Madison Leathers wrote to Sam, offering to “skip aboard the train and run up to Hartford whenever it meets your convenience to telegraph or write me” [MTP]. Note: Sam wrote on the env., “Rightful Earl”.