May 30 Monday – In Hartford Sam wrote a paragraph to an unidentified woman:

Dear Madam: I could not approve or consent. It has been tried many times; I have tried it myself. Very Truly yours [MTP].

Orion Clemens finished his May 29 letter to Sam.

I guess one main reason for my pokiness about the kings is my habit of copying from each book considerably, because it has to be returned to the library before I can get another…./ Ma’s cough remains bad. / She wanted to know the other day if I was Orion, and who were my brothers? She remembered that Sam was Mark Twain, but thought there were more brothers [MTP].