February 27 Friday – Sam wrote from Hartford to William Dean Howells about a mix-up in lecture dates for Boston, and Howells’ arrival in Hartford with Boston publisher James R. Osgood at the invitation from Sam’s neighbor and collaborator, Charles Dudley Warner. “I am in a sweat, & Warner is in another.” The visit was deferred for a week [MTL 6: 52].

Sam and Livy probably attended the “Unrivalled Orchestra,” conducted by Theodore Thomas. Sam sent for three tickets for this performance at the Roberts Opera House on Feb. 23. It is not known who accompanied them [MTL 6:44n1].