May 13 Friday – In Auburndale, Mass. at Lee’s Hotel, Howells answered Sam’s May 9 letter.

I will write the introduction, and perhaps the Harpers will let me sign it. But I should prefer to do it after I’d seen some proof of the book, for that thing’s got cold in my mind now. Save some of the beginning for four or five or six pp., and I’ll have it ready [MTHL 2: 593].

Check #  Payee  Amount  [Notes]

3692  Mssrs Cassell & co  12.00  Publisher

3693  Miss Lizzie Sluyter for “Kitchen Garden”  25.00