November 14 Saturday – Sam wrote from Boston to Livy about the “royal time at Howells’ last night.” He enclosed a hanky for the “Modoc” (he wrote “hakky,” as Susy pronounced it).

In the evening Sam and Twichell entertained at a dinner for the Howellses, Aldrich, Osgood, and Larkin G. Mead (1819?-1878), sculptor. Sam called upon Twichell to say the blessing. Sam was interviewed at the door during dinner and an article on “His Recent Walking Feat” appeared in the Boston Times on Nov. 16 [MTL 6: 282]. Twichell’s Journal notes that Joe enjoyed the gathering “to the full. Heard lots of bright good talk” [Yale, copy at MTP].

November 14 or 16 Monday – Sam sat for a photograph at George Kendall Warren’s studio and purchased a large number of the prints. He used them to give to fans as late as 1883 [MTL 6: 303n1]. He also purchased his first typewriter for $125, a machine that used a foot-pedal for carriage returns, could only print in upper case, but utilized a QWERTY keyboard. Sam wrote his first letter with the machine on Dec. 9 to Orion. Sam recalled in 1907 being with Nasby and buying it after seeing it in a window [MTL 6: 309].

The Boston Evening Journal, on page 2, ran details of Sam and Twichell’s walking tour: “Mark Twain as a Pedestrian.” Also, either the Hartford Times or the Boston Times ran “Mark Twain / His Recent Walking Feat” [Scharnhorst, Interviews 2-4].