April 23 Wednesday – In Hartford Sam wrote a short note of response to Andrew Carnegie’s Apr. 22 note. He regretted missing Carnegie at home on his last trip to New York, but expected to “be down in a day or two” and would call again [MTP].

Webster & Co. wrote to Sam but only the envelope survives [MTP].

Emily Cheney wrote from South Manchester, Mass:

I was counting on seeing you last evening and telling you myself what a pleasure and comfort your letter [not extant] was to all of us. We shall consider it the charter of our company. / It is one thing to say pleasant flattering things to people on the spot and a very different one to write a letter the day after the play — and a letter that makes them glow with pride. We all appreciated it and feel that the play was worth while…I shall never dare [to] have another play unless you will promise to come to it [MTP]. Note: Sam and Livy attended the play A Box of Monkeys on Apr. 18 in S. Manchester. See entry.