November 7, 1903 Saturday

November 7 Saturday – The Clemens family was in Florence, Italy. Hill claims that because Countess Massiglia would not allow Janet D. Ross to prepare the villa prior to their arrival, so they were forced to take a hotel room in town until Nov. 9 [72]. Note: the countess would also lock the gate to the villa at various times, making a doctor visit difficult, if not impossible; she was later reported to having the water shut off so the toilets could not be flushed, and was accused of cutting the phone lines Sam had installed.