June 3 Monday – At 1410 W. 10th in N.Y.C., Sam wrote to H.H. Rogers on an envelope from Whitmore’s long letter of May 23:
“These have come from Whitmore but not the big check-book.
“I have been hard at work ever since the time you didn’t turn up at Mr. Broughton’s, but I am coming down soon” [MTHHR 461]. Note: for the enclosures, see source n2.
June 1 Saturday – Sam’s notebook: “Charlottesville, Va.?” [NB 44 TS 11].
At 1410 W. 10th in N.Y.C., Sam wrote to R.G. Newbegin of R.G. Newbegin Co., distributor for Mark Twain’s Uniform Edition.
May 31 Friday – Sherman D. Callender wrote to Sam enclosing an invitation for an informal dinner with the Rev. Dr. William Scott Ament, of China on June 3 at 6:30 p.m. at the Fellowcraft Club Rooms, Hartford [MTP]. Note: the invitation was likely an attempt to reverse Sam’s opinion of Ament.
Check # Payee Amount [Notes]
222 Self 300.00 Bank of Metropolis
May 30 Thursday – Sam’s notebook: “Mrs. Broughton” [NB 44 TS 11]. Note: Cara Leland Rogers was Mrs. Urban H. Broughton
Check # Payee Amount [Notes]
220 dollar watch co 1.00
At 1410 W. 10th in N.Y.C., Sam wrote to an unidentified man: “$1 enclosed. /14 W. 10th st May 30. / Dear Sir:
May 29 Wednesday – Sam spent the evening with the Urban Broughtons at their home on 230 W. 72nd Street [MTHHR 462n3: NB 44 TS 12]. Note: On June 3 Sam wrote to H.H. Rogers referring to him not showing at the Broughtons.
May 28 Tuesday – Sam’s notebook: “Wait for Burton Thompson” [NB 44 TS 11]. Note: not identified.
The New York Times, May 29, p 3 reported on a banquet at the Waldorf-Astoria to organize the
Missouri Society of New York:
A MISSOURI SOCIETY NOW
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Organization in This City Formed at a Banquet.
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May 27 Monday – At 1410 W. 10th in N.Y.C., Sam wrote to William Dean Howells after presumably receiving a photograph of Howells inscribed to “Old Clemens.”
May 26 Sunday – Sam’s notebook: “Roslyn” [NB 44 TS 11].
May 25 Saturday – Sam’s notebook: “Alice Day, dinner” [NB 44 TS 11].
Check # Payee Amount [Notes]
216 Consol gas of NY 9.50
May 23 Thursday – Sam’s notebook: “Mrs. Rogers” [NB 44 TS 11].
At 1410 W. 10th in N.Y.C., Sam wrote a postcard to Channing H. Cook of the American Plasmon Co., N.Y.C. “You were quite right, Dr. Cook. It was Dr. Lockwood“ [MTP].
Sam also wrote to Rudyard Kipling, apologetic he hadn’t been much help in Kipling’s suit against Putnam & Co.