September 19, 1874: The family occupied the second floor of the three-story home; the main floor was not yet complete. It would be the happiest and longest stay of their residences. Powers gives Sept. 21 as the possession date of the new house [360]. Willis also gives this date [92]. See Willis [92-6] for a good description of the details of the house at 351 Farmington Avenue, Hartford. According to Andrews, within three years Sam had purchased $21,000 worth of furniture in the house which cost $70,000 on five acres of land worth $31,000 [82].
The family resided here until March of 1878 when they tramped through Europe. The family returned to the United States in September of 1879 and took up residence in Hartford again in October of 1879.
September 3, 1879 – After spending one night in New York, the Clemens family took the train for the ten-hour trip to Elmira. They took a hotel car.
September 10, 1879: Sam and Livy traveled to Fredonia and Buffalo, returning to Elmira by the 15th.
September 23, 1879: The family moved from the Langdon home to Quarry Farm.
October 10, 1879: The family possibly returned to Elmira.
October 21, 1879: The family departs Elmira and Quarry Farm, spend time in New York and take up residence again in Hartford by the 24th.
November 8, 1879: Sam travels to Chicago to address the Army of the Tennessee Reunion Banquet, Palmer House, Chicago, Illinois. He takes a room at the Palmer House and returns to Hartford on the 17th.
December 2nd and 3rd, 1879: In Boston for birthday of Oliver Wendell Holmes
January 8, 1880: Sam and Livy travel to Elmira. They were back in Hartford by February 4.
April 12 or 13, 1880: The Clemens family travels to Boston, returning to Hartford April 20.
June 15, 1880: The Clemens family departs Hartford for their Elmira and Quarry Farm summer, via New York. They would return by October 1.
Elmira and Quarry Farm, Summer of 1880
September 27, 1880: The Clemens family departed Elmira and started home to Hartford. They were in New York, possibly until the 29th or 30th. They were back home by October 1st.
October 14, 1880: Sam took a train to Boston and got a room at the Brunswick Hotel [MTLE 5: 173]. Sam and Edward House escorted General Ulysses S. Grant from Boston to Hartford on the 15th.
October 21, 1880: Sam and Livy made a quick shopping trip to New York, probably spending one night there and leaving Oct.22.
November 6, 1880: Sam went to Boston and gave another political speech at the Middlesex Club. He stayed overnight at the Howellses [MTLE 5: 194].
December 20, 1880: Sam traveled with Twichell to New York City, arriving in the evening. Returned to Hartford the next day.
February 15–18, 1881: Sometime between these dates, Sam and Livy spent a “couple of days” in New York City, but were back in Hartford by Feb. 19.
February 23, 1881: Sam traveled to Boston [MTHL 1: 350, 360n3]. He had returned by the 25th.
February 28, 1881: Sam and Joe Twichell went to West Point and returned March 2nd.
June 4, 1881: The Clemens family left Hartford for the summer. First stop, the Montowese House, Branford, CT.
Summer at Branford, CT, Elmira and Quarry Farm - 1881
September 22 or 23, 1881: The family returns to Hartford from the summer retreat in Elmira.
October 22, 1881: Sam went to New Haven, CT and spoke at the Saturday Morning Club.
November 3, 1881: Sam traveled to Boston, it is not known what day he returned to Hartford, some time between November 4th and 6th.
November 25, 1881: Departed Hartford for Boston. Departed Boston on the 26th for Montreal, Canada.
December 2, 1881: Began a three day excursion to Quebec. Back in Montreal on the 6th.
December 9, 1881: Sam returned to Hartford.
December 21, 1881: Sam travels to Philadelphia., returning on the 23rd.
February 14, 1882: Sam and Livy possibly traveled to New York, returning home on the 19th.
March 9, 1882: Sam took a train to New York, where he met Howells. The two men checked into the Hotel Brunswick. Sam returned to Hartford March 11th.
March 28, 1882: Sam went to New York City and was interviewed at the Hotel Brunswick. Sam was home by at least April 2nd.
April 14, 1882: Sam traveled to Boston to meet Howells and Aldrich at Osgood’s, returning to Hartford on the 16th.
Mark Twain Returns to the Mississippi
June 12–15, 1882: Sometime during this period, Sam and Livy traveled to Boston for a quick visit with the Howells and their close neighbors, the Fairchilds.
July 13, 1882: Clemens family depart Hartford for New York and Elmira for the summer. Departing Elmira September the 28th and back in Hartford by the 30th.
November 4, 1882: Sam was reportedly in Boston to speak at the Papyrus Club.
December 21, 1882: Sam travels to New York. Returning to Hartford on the 23rd or 24th.
January 12, 1883: Sam was in Boston, dates of travel unknown.
March 1, 1883: Sam traveled to New York City, returning to Hartford on the 7th or 8th.
March 19, 1883: Sam and Livy took a morning train for New York for business and shopping. They returned to Hartford on the 22nd.
May 8, 1883: Sam was in Boston, en route to Montreal, Canada. He was back in Hartford by the 17th.
May 20, 1883: Sam and James R. Osgood traveled from Hartford to New York City to watch Collender’s great billiard tournament at Tammany Hall. On the 22nd Sam left for Montreal, Canada, departing there for Hartford on the 29th.
June 14, 1883: The Clemens family departed Hartford for their summer in Elmira, via New York. They had returned to Hartford by September 17th.
October 16, 1883: Sam and Joe Twichell went to New Britain.
November 16–17, 1883: Sam, Livy and William Dean Howells went to Boston. Sam and Livy were back in Hartford on the 18th.
December 17, 1883: Sam took a train for Boston, home by the 19th.
February 5, 1884: Sam went to New York, back home the next day.
February 15, 1884: Sam and George W. Cable travel to New York City. Sam is home again on the 17th. and then back to New York City for the night.
February 19th or 20th, 1884: Sam and Susie went to Brooklyn with Twichell. On the 22nd, they moved to New York City. Sam was back in Hartford by the 25th.
April 10, 1884: Sam was in New York City.
April 16th or 17th, 1884: San and Livy go to Boston. They are home on the 20th.
April 28, 1884: Sam goes to New York City.
June 17, 1884: Clemens family departs Hartford for their summer in Elmira. They spent the night in New York City. On the 18th they left New York by way of the Christopher Street Ferry to Hoboken, New Jersey, where they took a special car on the Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Railroad for the ten-hour trip to Elmira.
September 28, 1884: The Clemens family arrived back in Hartford either this day or the day before.
November 3, 1884: Sam may have gone to New Haven but was home again the same day.
November 5, 1884 to February 28, 1885 – Mark Twain and George Washington Cable went on a grand tour, frequently mislabeled as the ”Twins of Genius” tour. Sam remained in Washington D.C. after the tour until March 3rd when he traveled to New York City.
March 3, 1885: New York City.
March 5, 1885: Sam was at home in Hartford.
March 14, 1885: New York City & Hartford.
March 20, 1885: Sam went to New York City for the weekend and stayed at the Everett House. Sam and Cable gave a reading in Steinway Hall, N.Y. on the 21st.
March 23, 1885: Sam and Livy went to Boston for a short visit with the Howellses. Home on the 26th.
March 31, 1885: Sam spoke at the Tile Club Dinner for Laurence Hutton in New York City
April 8, 1885: Sam went to New York on his way to Philadelphia. He's back in Hartford via New York on the 10th.
April 28, 1885: Sam, Livy, and thirteen-year-old Susy Clemens went to New York for a four-day outing, which included a reading up at Vassar in Poughkeepsie on May 1. Sam conferred with Webster and General Grant and gave a reading on Apr. 29
May 1, 1885: Sam spoke at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York, returning home the next day.
May 18, 1885: Sam probably went to New York City
May 20, 1885: Sam went to Albany, New York
May 25, 1885: Sam was in New York and spent time chatting with General Grant.
June 8, 1885: Sam took the early morning train to New York and took a room at the Everett House. Back home on the 11th.
June 17, 1885: The Clemens family left Hartford bound for New York and Elmira.
September 18, 1885: Home from New York City and their summer in Elmira.
September 20, 1885: Sam and Twichell walked to Talcott’s Tower,
October 6, 1885: Sam left Hartford in the morning and traveled to Pittsfield, Mass. He was back on on the 8th.
October 16, 1885: Sam may have gone to New York and home again on the 18th.
October 26, 1885: Sam returned to New York with Livy.
November 15, 1885: Sam left for New York City, leaving the family at home, with Mrs. Langdon as a house guest. Sam stayed at the Normandie Hotel. "I am taking the train for New York—for a business-sojourn there until the Christmas holidays…a note addressed to me at the Hotel Normandie will find me, & I will answer in person—almost surely: (the slight uncertainty is based upon the fact that New York is only headquarters for a month—my business is scattered, from Washington to Boston, & betwixt & between."
November 19, 1885: Washington DC, then back to New York.
November 26, 1885: Sam returns to Hartford for Thanksgiving.
December 1, 1885: Note: [MTNJ 3:198n51] has Sam in Baltimore to see Ross Winans about the Paige typesetter, but several letters by Sam from New York City and no other reference to a Baltimore trip would suggest Sam either stopped there on his recent Washington, D.C trip to see President Cleveland, or Winans was in New York on Dec. 1. There may be problems with this as DBD has Sam back in Hartford on December 2nd. and New York on the 3rd.
December 5, 1885: Boston
December 7, 1885: Hartford.
December 10-13?, 1885: Sam wrote from the Normandie Hotel in New York City,
December 14, 1885: Hartford
December 21, 1885: New York probably home by Christmas.
January 18, 1886: Sam went to New York, where he spoke at the Typothetae Dinner at Delmonico’s.
January 26, 1886: In New York, headed to Washington the next day, Back home by February 1st.
March 23, 1886: New York, back home by the 27th.
April 3, 1886: Sam and Joe Twichell traveled to New York City and on to West Point. They were possibly home on the 4th.
April 16, 1886: Sam, Livy and “a couple of friends,” went to New York City for the weekend
April 22, 1886: New York, returning home sometime between the 23rd and May 1st.
May 5, 1886: Answering a promise to return in May, Sam and Twichell once again went to West Point Military Academy by way of New York City. Home by May 7th.
May 9, 1886: Boston
May 25, 1886: Possible trip to New York
Onteora Park Club, Summer of 1890