January 20 Friday – Ralph W. Ashcroft wrote on Koy-Lo Co.letterhead to Sam, concerning ongoing disputes with Howard E. Wright and the American Plasmon Co. “The other day, I came across the card of admission issued by Hammond to Butters in connection with the ‘freeze-out’ game. I enclose it” [MTP].

Robert Underwood Johnson wrote for the National Institute of Arts and Letters to Sam. Thomas Bailey Aldrich had consented to be retained on the list of members, and therefore should be selected as the 15 member of the Academy. Johnson enclosed William Dean Howells’ preferences for new membership, of which the following were designated as elected Jan. 7: Charles Eliot Norton, Henry James, Thomas R. Lounsbury, J.Q.A Ward. Also listed were Thomas Bailey Aldrich, William M. Sloane, Joseph Jefferson, and Carl Schurz [MTP].