May 25 Monday – In his notebook, Sam drafted a letter in German in response to a letter from her sister asking if Rosina Hay, their ex-governess, was still alive. Sam answered of course she was still alive, happily married and now Mrs. Horace Terwilliger, Elmira New York. The letter may not have been sent. [MTNJ 3: 150 & n78].

In his Autobiography, this date is given for more dictation about Grant’s book, and the startling fact that without advertising, Sam wrote:

“…we have bona fide orders for 100,000 sets of the book…and these orders are from men who have bonded themselves to take and pay for them….We also have under consideration applications for 50,000 sets more…” [1: 54-5].