April 16 Wednesday – In Hartford Sam telegraphed Joe Goodman in Fresno, Calif.

TAKE THE EARLIEST TRAIN EAST YOUR BUSINESS WILL POSSIBLY ALLOW JOE I THINK IT WILL PAY FIRST RATE ANSWER [MTP].

In the evening the Clemens family sans Jean went to a Nook Farm wedding; Miss Mary Robinson and Louis R. Cheney tied the knot [Salsbury 276]. Livy described the decorations at the wedding in a letter to her mother on Apr. 20.

Frederick J. Hall wrote to Sam concerned about needing funds to “push the present business.” Of the near $50,000 in profits for the last year, his accounting showed $8,400 went to Sam, $12,250 to buy out Charles Webster, and $22,234 was invested in the LAL volumes. “But the truth is we are trying to do too large a business on too small a cash capital.” Sam wrote on the envelope to Whitmore, “Well, Brer, how can we raise it for him? /SLC” [MTP].