June 19 Friday – The Clemens family took a special car from New York to Elmira, a ten-hour trip. They stayed at Mrs. Langdon’s home (See June 14 to Gerhardt). Livy wrote in her diary, “On June 19th we arrived in Elmira, we went directly to Mothers spending a little more than a week with her” [MTP].

Hotel Normandie, New York, billed Sam $42.05 for “room 1 day 12; restaurant 16.35, telegrams .20, baggage .75, carriages 1, 2 dollars each”; bill paid (no date); envelop mailed June 23.

Hattie J. Gerhardt wrote from Mt Vernon, NY to Sam & Livy, sorry she could not see them buthoped to get better. “Baby Olivia is slowly improving” and sang songs in both French and English ; she loved them [MTP].