Continuing to parse Day By Day, I find this for March 12, 1901:

On March 12 *Paul Dana of the N.Y.*/*Sun*/**wrote to Sam: “That dispatch 
correcting the first report on Ament was from Chamberlain. He had 
written “1/3”, and I am informed that expression is common and goes for 
one word. The Telegraph Co. between Pekin and Chefoo left out the dash 
and made it “13.” I think Chamberlain corrected it himself when he found 
the error” [MTP]./Note/: Sam wrote “important” on the env.

On 12/16/24 13:53, Harris, Susan Kumin wrote:
> 13x
>
> Susan K. Harris
>
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>> On Dec 16, 2024, at 4:44 PM, Scott Holmes<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>> While working through 1901 and Twain's "Sitting in Darkness" article, I have found no clear statement about the actual amount levied on the Chinese people following the Boxer Revolution. Wikipedia has quite a bit but no clear statement on this.
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