April 15 Wednesday, before – In Hartford, Sam sent a note to James B. Pond asking him to send James Redpath $200, that he would refund it later [MTP]. Note: from the Apr. 15 note repaying this amount, which Sam wrote he “was forgetting about,” it stands to reason this request was most likely made at least a couple of weeks prior to Apr. 15, and should more properly be entered earlier.

April 15 Wednesday – In Hartford, Sam wrote to his sister, Pamela Moffett, who had written concerned about the Concord Library’s banning of Huck Finn. She also asked if he’d seen Dan De Quille’s recent articles.

The Chronicle understands the book—those idiots in Concord are not a court of last resort, & I am not disturbed by their moral gymnastics. No other book of mine has sold so many copies within 2 months after issue as this one has done.

No, I haven’t seen Dan’s articles; but if they are good they will turn up in the eastern papers & fall under my eye [MTP].

Sam also sent James B. Pond the $200 which he’d given to Redpath [MTP].

Sam also sent a thank you for a book received on Apr. 7 from an unidentified person [MTP].

George P. Lathrop for Am. Copyright League wrote, upset that Clemens and Howells declined to read more than once [MTP].

Charles Webster wrote: contract with Century Co. signed—“all future articles are to be copyrighted by us in the name of U.S.Grant” [MTP].