February 14 Saturday – In Riverdale, N.Y. Sam wrote a Valentine’s Day note to Livy.
Feb. 14—being St. Valentine’s Day.
And so this is to my Valentine—my especial Valentine & darling & best beloved—with kisses therewith, many! I have read that ½ page. Mr. Bryant was wonderful to do those early risings & all that at 80. If ever I get to be 80, I mean to do them, too. Go to bed, Livy darling, & sleep well—I shall get up as early as I can, & go out & get fresh air.
Good night, dear heart. / Y [MTP].
Isabel V. Lyon. wrote for Sam to Paul Kester in Accotink, Va. Kester had evidently answered Sam’s Feb. 10 note; his reply not extant. “Mr. Clemens who is very busy this morning wishes me to write for him, and say that he was glad to receive your letter. He would like very much to see the ms., and knows that Mrs. Clemens would like to see it also” [MTP].
Sam’s notebook: “Amelia B. Edwards: ‘Heaven for climate & hell for society’” [NB 46 TS 10]. Note: Amelia Ann Blandford Edwards (1831-1892), English writer and Egyptologist. See Gribben p.214.