February 11 Saturday – Sam wrote from Hartford to E.B. Peck, to decline an invitation for a dinner at a gathering that called itself “Tom Sawyer’s Gang.” Sam was too busy “crowding his work forward” in order to take his trip up the Mississippi [MTP]. See also The Twainian, Jan-Feb 1957 p.4 for more on this club.

Charles Wood wrote again about Sam visiting West Point. Noting that Sam’s last letter was postmarked the 10th and dated the 11th, Wood wrote —“You are living too fast.” From Wood’s letter:

“Miss Terese Blackburn, a charming Kentucky schoolgirl, is looking forward (as only guileless youth can look upon idols) with enthusiasm to a genuine talk with Mark Twain” [Leon 226].

Louis Fréchette wrote from Montreal. It seems the man only wrote in French [MTP].