May 14 Thursday – Newspapers were reporting grossly inaccurate earnings for Sam and Cable from the reading tour—The Boston Transcript and the Boston Evening Journal claimed the tour had netted Sam “nearly $35,000.” On May 17, the New York World also claimed that amount for Sam, and an equal number for Cable [Cardwell 11]. The actual amounts were much less—see Feb. 28 entry.

The Friday night billiards gathering took place on this Thursday night at Sam’s home. (See May 13 entry.)

Charles Webster wrote about Grant doing 20 pages this day, though he was not well. Also wrote about the photo of Grant as a young lieutenant. Webster was “awfully busy” [MTP].