September 17 Saturday – Sam wrote from Elmira to Charles Webster.

All right. I am glad you staid in Boston to look after the castings yourself. I hope you will accomplish your second plate to-day, so that you won’t have to be in Boston next Wednesday; for we shall be at the Gilsey House Wednesday morning, & remain a day or two for Mrs. Clemens to do some shopping before proceeding to Hartford [MTP]. Note: It had become the routine for the family to stop a day or more in New York when traveling from Elmira to Hartford or vice versa.