December 8 Friday – Henry Ferguson replied from Hartford to Sam’s Nov. 20 offer, giving particulars on names he wished edited in his and his brother’s journals, written during the Hornet saga. He was:

“…very much obliged … for your consent to my request about certain names that appear in the extract from my journal cited in your article…yet I am glad that thanks to your article, the public has known of the great wisdom, endurance, and heroism of Captain Mitchell, one of the noblest men I have ever known” [MTP]. Note: Sam replied again on Dec. 21.