November – An envelope without contents survives that Sam addressed from Hartford to Cornelia Ward Smith (1831-1897), care of the U.S. consul, Mannheim, Germany. Cornelia was the wife of Edward Meigs Smith (1827-1884), U.S. consul, appointed by President Grant in 1876. Edward was also mayor of Rochester, New York in 1869, and Sam lectured there that year and may have met Edward then, but it’s more likely The Clemenses met the Smiths while in Mannheim [MTLE 5: 191].

Sam’s unsigned “Contributors’ Club” entry in the Atlantic Monthly was on “Obituary Eloquence” [Camfield, bibliog.].

Lieutenant C.L. With wrote to Sam, noting that Mr. Robert Watt was no longer translating. He asked permission to translate [MTP]. Note: Sam wrote on the env., “Translation into Danish”. Letter dated November 1880 but postmarked Apr. 1, 1881.