April 16 Saturday – Sam wrote from Hartford to Mollie Fairbanks, asking for the date of her visit and the train she’d be on so he might be at the station to meet her [MTP].

Sam also wrote to Laura C. Redden Searing, who wrote on Apr. 13, seeking advice on subscription book-selling. Sam advised:

“…to take a royalty—not less than 5 per cent of retail price of the book—& of course as much more as the publisher will pay. / When books are sold outright to publishers, somebody always gets hurt. It is not usually the publisher” [MTP].

Wm. T. Bassett, hairdresser, billed $20 for shaving & haircutting from “Mar. 21 up to Apr. 16” [MTP].