October 6 Wednesday – Sam wrote from Hartford to Edward House. Evidently House had written suggesting he wanted to visit but didn’t have an exact day. Sam told him, “you come when your affairs permit; just choose the time which suits you best,—we are wholly unhampered.” Sam mentioned “those lovely young girls of Perkins’s” and “a crying baby which keeps Mrs. Clemens awake & busy four-fifths of the night” [MTLE 5: 170].

Sam purchased a copy of Bricks Without Straw (1880) by Winegar Albion Tourgée (1838-1904) [Gribben 707].

The Lotos Club in New York receipted Sam for dues, $6.25 [MTP]. Note: a receipt for the same amount on July 6 suggests dues were paid quarterly, or $25 per year. Other receipts were not found at MTP.