April 12 Thursday – En route to New York on the S.S. New York, Sam wrote to Orion and Mollie Clemens, reporting on each family member in Paris. He asked them to forward the letter to Pamela Moffett as he was “a poor hand to write letters.”

I shall arrive day after to-morrow doubtless, & shall expect to sail in this ship again three weeks later, May 7. I left all the family well in Paris. Livy has a good doctor & is making progress. Susy picked some strength & cheerfulness in a fortnight’s quiet life in a French family in Tours — where I wish she could stay, for she can’t sleep in Paris; Jean is shut up in the house for a week with a badly scalded leg, poor rat; Clara is well & strong & hammering away at her music, but is going to desert Livy & live in a French family for better practice in the language.

Sam enjoyed the three week stay, and told of being frightened by the $4 tickets sold for his reading to a full house at the British embassy [MTP]. See Apr. 5.

Sam also wrote a short note to Joe Twichell that he was on his way back alone and hoped Joe would be able to come down to N.Y. because he’d agreed with Livy to return to Paris on May 7 [MTP].

Sam also wrote a similar short note to Charles Dudley and Susan Warner, updating them on family members [MTP].

Sam also wrote a short note to Franklin G. Whitmore, that he expected to arrive Saturday morning, Apr. 14, but had to return to Paris on May 7. He wasn’t sure he could get his old room at the Players Club back [MTP].