Twain was in Providence on Sunday, November 16 and in Hartford the following Day. Cable presumably had one or two days at home in Simsbury.” (pg19 Cardwell)  Cable would not have traveled on the 16th, however, as it was the Sabbath.

According to Turner (pg 59), Cable may have met wife his wife in Worcester, MA., writing to her from Boston, November 14:

November 16 Sunday – Cardwell says Sam was in Providence, R.I. on this day, and Cable “presumably had one or two days at home in Simsbury” [19]. Sam must have continued on to Hartford, because he wrote from there to James B.