November 7 Monday – In Hartford Sam wrote to Hjalmar Boyesen, asking him to thank his “delightful friends” for the “fine photographs” sent. He had their New York address but not Col. Lilliehōōk’s [MTP]. Note: (See Oct. 21 & 24 entries.)

In Rome, Italy, Cardinal Rompolla wrote to Charles Webster bestowing on him from the Pope, Knighthood in the Order of Pius, “appreciating the care you have bestowed upon the publication of the work entitled “The Life of Leo XIII” [MTBus 387-8]. Samuel Webster writes that he found a bill dated Mar. 17, 1888 for a uniform of the Knight of the Order of Pius. (See NY Times article, Dec. 10.)

“I think the uniform may have bothered Uncle Sam, who must have felt that he would have looked even better in it. I know he once said that if the Pope made Webster a knight he ought to have made him an archangel” [388].