July – Edward McGlynn, Roman Catholic clergyman and social reformer was ex-communicated for his support of Henry George for Mayor of New York. Webster & Co. Had planned to publish a book by McGlynn but the action by the church killed the market for the book. Such losses led Sam to list McGlynn, Beecher, the Hawaiian King, and Stanley in his notebook, together with, “Let’s insure Lt. Gen. [Sheridan].” A revolution in Hawaii had severely limited Hawaiian king David Kalakau’s power; Henry Ward Beecher died after barely beginning his autobiography, and there were rumors at this time of Henry M. Stanley’s death in Africa [MTNJ 3: 304n19].