September 14 Tuesday – Sam wrote from Elmira to the editors of the New York Evening Post. It was a humorous letter about mining gold in water. The letter ran in the newspaper Sept. 16 [MTLE 5: 159]. Note: it was reprinted in the Sept. 20 Hartford Courant, page 1 as “Mark Twain on the Goldsprings.”

Sam finished The Prince and the Pauper. (See Sept. 15 entry.)

L. Conlen billed $63.85 for new driveway work which ran toward Chamberlain property; marked paid Oct., no day [MTP].

F.S. Ryman wrote from Ithaca, NY to Sam, enclosing an essay he wanted help to publish [MTP].