July 15 Monday – In Elmira Clara Clemens wrote to her father in Hartford of a new kitten, the growing puppies, their horse rides and her violin teacher, Professor John C. Bostelmann (see Sept 13 to same). Clara called her father “Buf” and obviously inherited her mother’s “original” spelling [MTP].

In the evening Sam spent time with Charles Dudley Warner and family. Margaret (“Daisy”) Warner, Lucy Drake and “another young girl” were among the party and asked about Susy and Clara Clemens [July 15 to Clara].