March 13 Thursday – Sam’s notebook: “Home. Noon. Leaving for the South. Shall consult Tom Reed & see if an action can be brought against Hearst [for the NY Journal abuses]. Left Jersey City 2.10 / Basket fruit from Mrs. Broughton & violets from Harry’s wife” [NB 45 TS 5]. Note: the Kanawha likely stopped at Jersey City to pick up Laurence Hutton. The party consisted of Laurence Hutton, H.H. Rogers, Clemens, Clarence C. Rice, Colonel Augustus G. Paine, Thomas B. Reed, and Wallace Turner Foote, Jr. (1864-1910), whom Sam called an “Unreformed Congressman”—(New York 23rd District 1895-1899).

Sometime during the “Sutherd” cruise, a photograph of the men on the boat was taken. The MTP dates it as Mar. 1902, but it would have been from Mar. 13 to Apr. 9.

Sam left on the train for Jersey City and the five-six week cruise of the West Indies on the Kanawha [Mar. 12 to Bigelow]. Insert: Kanawha.

Sam kept a log of the cruise to points south, the TS of which is at the MTP, called “Winter-end Excursion to the Sutherd,” hereafter called “Sam’s ship log”. This day’s entry:

“Thursday, March 13. Moved down by rail. Remembered with fruit from Mrs. Broughton, & violets from Mrs. Harry Rogers, jr.” The group passed through Richmond, Va. at about 11 p.m. [Mar. 14 to Livy].

.Livy’s diary: “Rodman Gilder dined with us” [MTP: DV161].

A.H. Ford wrote to Sam, sending him three box tickets for   Saturday’s performance of his plays; he planned to dramatize “The Death Disk” [MTP].