July 16 Thursday – Jeanne E. Wier for the Nevada Historical Society wrote to inform Sam that he’d unanimously been given honorary membership in their annual meeting on June 8. She added that she felt RI was the best history of Nevada yet written [MTP].
Clemens A.D. for this day is listed by MTP.
July 14 Tuesday – In Redding, Conn. Sam finished the mislaid July 5 letter to Dorothy Sturgis.
TEN DAYS LATER
It has long been my impression that this letter went to the mail at the time it was written. But that was a mistake. It got mislaid, & had turned up by accident this morning.
July 13 Monday – In Redding, Conn. Sam wrote to Mary B. Rogers (Mrs. H.H. Rogers, Jr.).
July 11 Saturday – The New York Times, “Topics of the Week,” p. BR385, led off with the following paragraph about Elinor Glyn and Mark Twain:
July 10 Friday – Sam’s guestbook has the following entries (also noted in IVL TS 54):
Name Address Date Remarks
Mrs. Quick Plainfield, N.J. July 10-17 Remained until
Dorothy Quick M.A. “ “ “ “ “ “ -17 July 18
Frances Paine Redding, Conn. “ “ “ -17
July 9 Thursday – Sam’s A.D. for this date continued to focus with “spectacular venon” (Hill 209) against Lillian Aldrich for the June 30 Memorial of her late husband, which Sam attended.
Sarah S. Collier (Mrs. Robert J. Collier) wrote from Racquette Lake in the Adirondacks, N.Y. to thank Sam for his invitation to stay with him, “but I am settled here for the summer, and don’t expect to leave till some time in September” [MTP].
July 8 Wednesday – Sam’s guestbook has the following entries (also noted in IVL TS 54):
Name Address Date Remarks
Frederick Leigh New York City July 8-9 Staff of Harper & Bros.
F.A. Duneka “ “ “ “ “8-9
Note: Major Frederick Leigh was Treasurer of Harper’s.
William Dean Howells, in Kittery Point, Maine, wrote to Sam.
July 7 Tuesday – In Redding, Conn. Sam wrote to Margaret Blackmer.
July 6 Monday – In Redding, Conn. Sam wrote to Collier’s Weekly.
July 5 Sunday – In Redding, Conn. Sam began a letter to Dorothy Sturgis which he mislaid, found and finished on July 14. The July 5 portion: Sunday noon.