November 9 Friday – In Hartford Sam wrote to Richard Malcolm Johnston after hearing that Johnston would be visiting the Charles Warner’s the next Thursday, Nov. 15.

I beg that you will cross the lot to our house on Saturday [Nov. 17] & stay over Sunday [MTP].

Sam also wrote to Henry M. Alden inviting him to dine on Nov. 16 or 17. Sam’s letter is not extant but referred to in Alden’s acceptance on Nov. 12 [MTP].

Richard Malcolm Johnston wrote to Sam that he would accept his “polite invitation; he was taking his daughter with him, however, as far as New Haven for a brief visit and it was probable he would return on Sunday evening. Sam wrote on the envelope, “R.M. (Col.) Johnston, author ‘Dukesboro Falls’” [MTP].