June 3 Thursday – G.S. Whiting, Hartford hardware, cutlery, guns, billed $6.50 for one wringer [MTP].

Orion Clemens wrote to Sam, “deeply touched by the generosity of yourself and Livy…Mollie …is grateful and happy.” He discussed aspects of his autobiography, including his excommunication from the church, and affirmed his desire to work. He wasn’t tired of Keokuk but had friends in Chicago and St. Louis [MTP]. Note: Sam wrote on the env., “The Swearing Child” which may relate to one of the persons Orion recalled.

Edwin Booth wrote from the Hotel Brunswick, NYC to ask Sam for “a line on Twain” for his wife’s autograph book [Vassar; copy MTP].