April 7 Saturday – The Clemens family likely returned home to Hartford from New York, as trains were few and none on Sundays during this period. Sam must have answered Howell’s Apr. 5 letter, either this day or the next, based on Howells next letter of Apr. 9. In his response to the Apr. 5 letter, Sam informed Howells of seeing Lorettus S. Metcalf (1837-1920) founder and first editor of the New York Forum, and confided that Metcalf wanted him to write an article on British criticism of America (See Howells to Sam, Apr. 9).