scott
30 March 2025
June 27 Monday – The Clemens party left for Naples, where they would sail the next day for America. The voyage would take fourteen days [June 26 to Langdon]. The NB entry shows the party stayed at the Hotel du Vesuvie.
Sam’s notebook: “Came down to Naples. Hotel du Vesuvie. Good. / [Horiz. Line separator] / The green tin box (1870?) Then the two black tin boxes (1896). All 3 now succeeded by the plain tin box (June 1904) After a little, who will care for these so hallowed treasures? /How all values have shrunken!” [NB 47 TS 14]. Note: the three years being the wedding year, Susy’s death, and last Livy’s death. Each tin box likely held Livy’s keepsakes.
Entry Date
Jun 27, 1904 - Mon