January 20 Wednesday – Sam gave his “Vandals” lecture in White’s Hall (Young Men’s Hall), Toledo, Ohio, then stayed the night in Toledo at the home of John B. Carson and family.

January 20 and 21 Thursday – After the lecture Sam began a letter to Livy at 2:30 AM:
It was splendid, to-night—the great hall was crowded full of the pleasantest & handsomest people, & I did the very best I possibly could—& did better than I ever did before—I felt the importance of the occasion, for I knew that, this being Nasby’s residence, every person in the audience would be comparing & contrasting me with him [MTL 3: 51].
Sam expressed regret that the “California letters” (references to his character) made Livy’s parents unhappy. He sent his upcoming schedule through Feb. 1. Sam took breakfast with the Carson family and caught the train at 8 AM on Jan. 22.
The Toledo Daily Blade reviewed Sam’s lecture of Jan. 20:
MARK TWAIN’S LECTURE.—White’s Hall was filled from cellar to garret, last night, by one of the best tickled audiences that ever assembled there to hear a lecture or see the speaker. Mark Twain tickled them. And he did it so easily and almost consistently, that they didn’t know what they were laughing at more than half the time. Twain is witty, and his wit comes from his own fertile brain. His style is original; and his manner of speaking is not after the manner of men generally. His serious face and long drawn words are, of themselves, sufficient to make one laugh, even if there were not in every sentence expressed a sparkling gem of humor, and original idea. His anecdotes, with which the lecture is repleat, are rich, and, as he tells them, irresistibly funny. In some of his descriptions of European places and characters the lecturer delivers, at times, most eloquent passages, brilliant in thought and word.
That MARK TWAIN is a success as a lecturer, as well as writer, we think no one who heard “The American Vandal Abroad,” last night, will dispute. Sam gave his “Vandals” lecture in Norwalk, Ohio. Sam returned to Toledo where he stayed the second night with the Carson family. Sam wrote from Norwalk to Livy, ending the letter just after midnight.