January 30 Monday – Edward “Ned” House and his adopted Japanese daughter, Koto, evidently returned for what was intended to be a brief visit, because Sam wrote on Jan. 28 to Howells that “House & Koto are coming Monday. They leave again Tuesday.” House and daughter may have traveled somewhere and returned to spend another day with Sam. An attack of gout would keep House abed at Sam’s for three weeks. House wouldn’t leave until Feb. 20 or 21 [MTNJ 2: 447n34].

Charles Webster wrote: “Your plan of making a variety of cuts for country printers I think is a good one, and I shall keep the boys busy at it. / You forgot to enclose the music store cut from the Courant. / Our printer has broken down & we may not get our new specimen book for a couple of weeks yet” [MTP].