July 19 Wednesday – In Krankenheil-Tölz, Germany, Sam wrote a few lines to Frederick J. Hall, thanking him for a letter which had just come. Evidently the letter contained promissory notes for Sam to sign, for he wrote:

I will not stop to answer it, but hurry the notes off at once — as August is not far away, now [MTP].

Sam Stone Rush wrote to Sam asking the possibility of a story for his magazine (unknown). Rush sent the letter to Hartford and it was forwarded on to Frederick J. Hall at Webster & Co. Hall then notified Clemens [Aug. 9 to Hall; MTP].