February 7 Saturday – Sam wrote from Hartford to Charles B. Andrews (1836-1902), Governor of Conn. Sam enclosed the Feb. 6 letter from “Rev. Mr. Davis” that mentioned the Governor; Sam wished to verify the Governor’s recommendation [MTLE 5: 19]. Note: See Feb. 11 reply from Andrews.

Sam also wrote to Orion.

“Glass received, all right. Been waiting to see whether Livy would be well enough to have a visit. Things look well; so if you & Mollie could come right along, now, & stay with us a few days or a week, you could then go back & finish your visit at Fredonia” [MTLE 5: 20].

Sam wrote to the Papyrus Club declining an invitation to dinner [MTLE 5: 21]. Aldrich and Howells were members of John Boyle O’Reilly’s Papyrus Club in Boston, the “headquarters of Bohemia” in that city in the early 1870s. The club was composed mostly of literary men and journalists. Sam would give a speech there Feb. 24, 1881.