May 15 Thursday – Edward Bellamy wrote from Chicopee Falls, Mass. Introducing Henry Holiday, evidently a visitor from England. This was enclosed in Holiday’s May 16 to Sam [MTP].

Emerson W. Judd, secretary for Mass. Tax Reform League wrote offering to make Sam a member of the Mass. Tariff Reform League, now changed in name to the New England Tariff Reform League, for only one dollar [MTP].

Frederick J. Hall wrote to Sam that he’d hit a dead end with Ward McAllister after making an offer on the book for a sliding scale of royalties. The Sherman matter was closed on favorable terms. A letter from Andrew Carnegie arrived the day before saying his current book was not advanced enough to be definite but that he wouldn’t forget their “enterprising firm” [MTP].

Samuel B. Halliday, assistant to Henry Ward Beecher for 27 years, wrote from Brooklyn to Sam enclosing a flyer and testimonials, and seeking contributions for the church’s building fund. Sam wrote on the envelope, “Read it, Brer. No answer? Or decline. B. Halliday, Beecher’s Assistant” [MTP].

May 15 Thursday ca. † – On or about this day Sam went to New York City for business.