September 13 Tuesday – In the morning the Clemens family left Elmira for New York City, where they stayed at the Murray Hill Hotel [to Wheeler Sept. 12]. Before leaving, Sam telegraphed William H. Gillette in New York (see Sept. 15 reply); message not extant.
From Sam’s notebook: Sept.13, in back $21,000, & everything paid for [MTNJ 3: 324].
Caroline B. Le Row wrote to Sam sending him sales figures on the “English” book, her total royalties $294.05 [MTP].
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