September 29 Thursday – Francis Wayland, dean of Yale Law School, wrote to Sam, forwarding a letter of application from Charles W. Johnson. “Wayland asked Clemens, who had already provided two years’ support to another Negro student, ‘to put the writer down for your kind assistance.’” [MTNJ 3: 300n2]. See Oct. 1 entry.

Frederick J. Hall for Webster & Co. Wrote Sam that the firm had rejected Dr. Chalfant’s Life among the Convicts; and a history of the G.A.R. Proposed by General Lucius Fairchild [MTLTP 236n1].

Sam’s notebook carries an entry that the company bank balance was $18,000-odd [MTNJ 3: 331].

Henry M. Alden for Harper & Brothers wrote that they’d sent Sam proofs on the “Petition” (to the Queen), which Alden thought was “a capital thing.” He also inquired about a story Mr. Warner had mentioned on the “Old & Modern Practice,” too long for the Dec. Drawer. Sam wrote on the envelope, “$50 per 800 words. Call it $100” [MTP].