February 21, 1909 Sunday

February 21 Sunday — In Redding, Conn., Ralph W. Ashcroft wrote for Sam to prof. Archibald Henderson, University of N. Carolina, Chapel Hill. “Dear Dr Henderson: / We spell it: ‘UMPAWAUG’—not ‘Umpawag, as you had it” [MTP]. Note: Umpawaug, named after Indians who deeded land in 1686; a district, and road in Redding, Conn. Also a cemetery, across the road from the original Mark Twain Library, which began in a chapel.