November  1 Monday – Sam  gave his “Savages lecture in Pittsburgh,  Pa., Academy of Music [MTPO].

Elisha  Bliss wrote: “We want to pay up.  Shall we forward statement & check to you at Elmira or await your arrival  here?…Can’t you send us list of engagements so far made. … Are you married? We  hear of it so often & have contradicted it…Post us up!” [MTP].

James  Redpath wrote a one liner: “we  have nothing between second and eighth” [MTP].