May 30 Thursday – In Hartford, Sam wrote a one-liner to Richard Watson Gilder of Century Magazine:

All right; I’ll tackle it in a month hence, when we shall be out of this turmoil & in the summer nest [MTP]. Note: part, if not most, of the “turmoil” had to do with houseguests — the Wheelers and Mr. Keith left on May 27, the same day Samuel and Mary Moffett were to arrive.

Orion Clemens wrote to Sam having received $200 check, and “nearly settled” in the new house; “Seems to take an age.” Ma was well; Orion included other misc. family and local matters [MTP].

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