January 9 Sunday – Clara Clemens was much better in the morning after “good nursing & dosing.” Sam wrote from Hartford to his mother, Jane Clemens. Another fire began in Jean’s crib in the nursery, started when a spark flew through the fire-screen while Julia (Sam’s personal barber) was in Susy’s room making up a bed.

“The bedclothes, the lace canopy, & even the pillow were blazing, at the time, & the poor little chap got a slight burn on the cheek, & some of the hair was singed from the top of her head.”

Sam and Rosa again threw the bedding out the window, again burning their hands. Sam asked if his mother would send the letter to Orion [MTBus 150].

Sam wrote to Olivia Lewis Langdon, relating again the tale of the fire and Bay’s illness [MTP].

Andrew Goodrich Hammond (Beaut) wrote to invite Sam to be West Point’s “honored guest” the evening of Feb. 19th; he’d written Twichell asking him to join them as well [MTP]. Note: Sam wrote on the env., “From a U.S. Cadet / Hammond”