April 26 Monday — In Redding, Conn. Jean Clemens finally came home, signing into the guestbook and giving her address as “Stormfield” [Hill 226; guestbook below]. Note: Hill further points out that Jean would never leave again; that an adjoining 125 acreage with barns and livestock, called “The Italian Farm,” became hers. The purchase had been arranged in Feb. for $4,200, and was one of his final acts as Twain’s business manager.
| Name | Address | Date | Remarks |
| Jean L. Clemens | Stormfield | April 26, 1909 |
Sam cent a telegram to H.H. Rogers in N.Y.C.: I WILL SPEND TOMORROW NIGHT WITH YOU” [MTHHR 661].
On a page of notes under the heading “Eavesdropping,” Sam noted that “Jean came,” and wrote underneath that phrase, “(Wilkommen letter?)” [MTP: A-L MS].
Also from this latter source:
Horace [Hazen] looked in again on the 26th of April, the day that restored to me, & we had another talk. He is a nice boy, a simple lad, & without guile. His mother says he cried the most of the day following the spiriting away of his letter, for he wanted to keep his place. I asked Horace to go home & write the history of the letter for me; & not to deal in generalities, but in particulars. He did so [MTP: L-A MS XIII}. Note: Horace’s complete explanation of how his letter of “discharge” was given following this paragraph.
Sam noted in his after Sept. 25, 1909 letter that on this day, “That abolishment broke down the wall that was built to shut Jean out of her home permanently.”
Florence M. Beecher, a girl age 14, wrote from Bethel, Conn. to ask if she might send one of her stories for his opinion [MTP].