April 13 Thursday – Isabel Lyon’s journal # 2:

Mr. Clemens went to meeting of Council of American copyright league, at 4:30. 33 East 17th St.

Mr. R.U. Johnson’s Office—see Page 104

Dentist 11 A.M.

Proof of Mr. Howells appreciation came today. [The article would be published in July’s Harper’s].

Mr. Clemens called at Mr. Coe’s house—

Called also at Miss Clemens’s sanitarium.

Mr. Rogers dined here—Mrs. Rogers is ill [MTP TS 13].

Frank Beardsley wrote from Nottingham, England to thank Sam. He had recently been laid up when a friend brought him a copy of IA, which made him forget about his illness [MTP].

William Evarts Benjamin wrote to Sam, enclosing $250 returned by the Title Guarantee & Trust Co., relating to the Tarrytown sale [MTP]. Note: some $1,500 was held in escrow, likely for clearing the cloud presented by the trolley company’s offending tracks. These were released in segments.