April 29 Thursday – Henrietta C. Cosgrove (Mrs. Aruna Phelps Cosgrove), Joplin, Mo. writer, philanthropist, political worker (1849 – ) responded to Sam’s letter about her interview with his mother.

“I would give more for the teachings of one good old mother like yours that a whole pack of such [temperance] reformers….With thanks for your letter which I shall prize and preserve because it is from the same hand which wrote the books whose perusal has given me many of the happiest hours I have ever known…” Sam wrote on the envelope, “Very Pleasant” [MTP]. Note: See also Apr.11, 1885.