November 25 Thursday – Thanksgiving – J.M.G. Wood (Jack G. Wood) wrote from White City, La. Wood had sent Sam a sketch; Sam recommended Wood send it to the Century, which he did. “I wish very much to obtain a position with some journal or some literary enterprise.” Sam wrote on the envelope, “Try to get him a literary job” [MTP]. Note: the letter was stamped “Missent” and also postmarked in New London, Conn. See Sept. 8.

Orion and Mollie Clemens began a letter to Sam and Livy finished Nov. 26. Orion: “I took Ma to church to-day. The services closed with a contribution for general benevolence and at my suggestion she subscribed five dollars with her own hand….Every year she gives five dollars to the missions.” Mollie: “If you had not sent that for Pa, he would not be as comfortable as he is — for we have used that a little more freely than we could have done of ourselves.” Mollie wrote that her father “cried like a child” when she told him of Sam’s check” [MTP] See Nov. 26 for PS to this letter.