January 27 Wednesday – Sam sent a congratulatory telegram from Hartford to Charley Langdon on the birth of his second child, Jervis, the previous day. Charley was away with his mother at the Windsor Hotel in New York when Ida gave birth to baby Jervis in Elmira.

“Congratulations from all the household but I suggest in the friendliest spirit that a lad who takes advantage of his father so early in life is a party that will bear watching” [MTL 6: 363].

Joe Twichell wrote: “Dear Mark / You see how badly the padre feels, and also what a pleasant humor he is of. We musn’t give up visiting him. His heart is evidently set upon it” [MTP] Note in file: “Father Joseph B. O’Hagan (1826-78) invites Twichell & SLC to visit, in a letter of 26 January 1875 to Twichell. 26 January 1875 was a Tuesday. Twichell could have received it on Wednesday, 27 January and written to SLC. They planned to visit O’Hagan on 1 February 1875 (L6, 367 n.6)”.

Lemuel H. Wilson wrote from Bridgeport to praise IA [MTP]. Note: Sam wrote on the env. “From a stranger”