March 27 Tuesday – Sam wrote from Hartford to George W. Cable, who had written asking if a particular engagement would interfere with the planned trip and reading in Hartford. Sam telegraphed that it would not, but advised him to:

“…require a stipulated sum cash in advance otherwise that pair of thieves will rob you in spite of the very devil they are shameless scoundrels & I know what I am talking about and am responsible for it” [MTP]. Note: Sam did not specify who these certain “scoundrels” were or where Cable was to perform, but may have been referring to the Mallory brothers in New York.