May 11 Monday – Karl Gerhardt wrote twice, one to Sam & one to Sam & Livy, about medallions, his need for a small office, and his circular (on the back of the letters) for the Grant busts: (twice, one to Sam only). His second letter added that James B. Pond had offered a part of his office; Pond suggested a terra cotta bust of Henry Ward Beecher [MTP].

Robert U. Johnson for Century Magazine wrote, again pursung the idea that Clemens would write up his brief experiences in the Confederate ranks [MTP]. Note: Sam wrote on the env., “Wants war article”

May 11 or 12 Tuesday – Sam’s notebook designates this as the period he began dictating the events surrounding General Grant’s illness to James Redpath [MTNJ 3:144].