October 16 Friday – In Boston, Howells wrote to Sam of his new agreement with Harper & Bros. Conditions of his employment forbade his name from appearing save over their imprint, so it affected his part in the Library of Humor book. Howells suggested he sell out at a “sacrifice” to Sam, settling for $2,500, or half of the original agreement. He suggested Sam call the work “Mark Twain’s Library of American Humor” [MTHL 2: 537]. (See Oct. 18 entry.)

Sam may have gone to New York overnight. (See Oct. 17 entry.)

William Tecumseh Sherman wrote to acknowledge Sam’s letter of Oct. 12 and the return of his MS. “I assure you that I feel a sense of relief to again possess that pile of papers” [MTP].