April – Sam, in Hartford, inscribed a copy of A Tramp Abroad to Clara L. Spaulding [MTLE 5: 57].

April? – Sam wrote a short note from Hartford to Frank Fuller.

“Does the whisky mill need a new man who knows how to boss men? I know the right man, in case a boss should be wanted—diligent, honest and plucky, never drinks, but can be taught” [MTLE 5: 58]. Note: “New man” identity unknown. The whisky still was an invention of H.C. Bowers that Clemens had invested in.