March 6 Friday – Howard Lockwood of Lockwood & Co. wrote to Sam, having received his Mar. 5 letter to discontinue subscription to The American Bookmaker. He offered an additional incentive in the form of the American Dictionary of Printing and Bookmaking, which they were about to issue quarterly.

August N. Sampson for New England Phonograph wrote to Sam confirming his order of Mar. 5, of a phonograph and five dozen blank cylinders; they would forward without delay [MTP].

Eldred Jungerich wrote from Nice, France to thank Sam for the signature offered “on behalf of the A.C.” Since he initially wrote Jungerich had received signatures from Jules Simon, Moltke, and Alexander Dumas; Gladstone had declined. He added he had a goldfinch named after Mark Twain [MTP].