June 11 Sunday – Sam wrote a most unusual letter from Elmira to his mother, Jane Lampton Clemens—on many scraps of different kinds and colors written on both sides. This was Sam’s way of teasing his mother for writing on any old piece of paper she happened on. He wrote on Pamela’s improving health, his willingness to help Orion, and his upcoming lectures [MTL 4: 403]. The PS for this letter mentioned measles and “cubbie” (Langdon) [MTL 5: 689].