March 31 Friday – At the Hotel Krantz in Vienna, Austria, Sam began a letter to Frank Bliss, that he added to on Apr. 2. Included were notes of a biographical sketch of Clemens from which Samuel E. Moffett might write the finished article.

I want SET NO 1 of the DE LUXE edition to go to Mr. Rogers, & to be charged to me (minus agent’s commission.)

And I want the first set of the ordinary Uniform edition to go to Miss Harrison & to be charged to me… Mrs. Clemens wants some more new copyright matter added—viz., a brief biographical sketch of me. So I stopped writing this letter to jot down a skeleton for it. She wants this skeleton to be handed to my nephew Samuel E. Moffett, editor of the NewYork Journal, & she wants him to put it in his own language, & add to it or elaborate it, according to his judgment [MTP].