January 31 Sunday – From the Hotel Normandie in New York City, Sam wrote a short letter to William C. Prime, who was representing General George B. McClellan’s widow for publishing the General’s memoirs. Charles L. Webster & Co. Published McClellan’s Own Story in 1887. Sam suggested another meeting and asked Prime to name the time and place, as he wanted to explain “concerning the subscription-publishing system, its advantages to the author, etc.” [MTP].