March 21 Tuesday – From Hartford, Sam typed a letter to Hattie and Karl Gerhardt.

“DON’T YOU IMAGINE ANY NONSENSE ABOUT DISPLEASING US. I AM NOT THE SORT OF PERSON WHO MANIFESTS DISPLEASURE BY SILENCE. I SEND A CABLEGRAM ON THE SPOT. UNTIL YOU GET THAT SORT OF CABLEGRAM, YOU CAN REST PERFECTLY EASY, THAT NO TROUBLE IS BREWING.”

Sam mentioned a cable gone awry he sent on Feb. 6. He also told them of his upcoming six-weeks or two-month trip up the Mississippi, saying he’d be too busy or lazy to write then [MTP].

Donald M. Grant wrote from Dublin, Ireland, describing himself as an “embryo doctor” at the Cork St. Hospital. Grant had read all of Twain’s publications available in Europe and claimed to have memorized much of it [MTP]. Note: He would write again from India on Jan. 21, 1883.

Abbott H. Thayer wrote another postcard, hoping Sam might come to NY within two weeks to give him one hour or less to sit again for the portrait [MTP].