November 19 Wednesday – Sam checked into his rooms at the Langham Hotel in London There he was joined by Charles Warren Stoddard. In an 1876 letter to Howells, asking him to recommend Stoddard for a consulship:

Poor, sweet, pure-hearted, good-intentioned, impotent Stoddard., I have known for 12 years, now, & in all that time he has never been fit for anything but a consul. When I was at the Langham Hotel in London I hired him for 3 months, at $15 a week & board & lodging, to sit up nights with me & dissipate. At the end of the time he wouldn’t take a cent. I had to finally smuggle it to him through Dolby after leaving England [MTL 5: 476].

A bill was paid to James Ahern, Practical Plumber and Gas Fitter, 272 Main St., Hartford, for work done Aug. 16, Nov. 12, 13, 14, 19. The total $11.16 [MTP].