April 28 Saturday – Likely Sam made a trip to Hartford to check on Livy, then returned to New York (since he wrote to Susan L. Crane from Hartford on this day and spoke at the Edwin Booth breakfast on Apr. 29). To Susan:

Dear Aunt Sue, the trout arrived in perfect condition. They furnished Livy 3 unsurpassable meals, & the rest of the family shoved in & took a chance too….

She drove out, yesterday morning, 20 minutes, & came back a trifle tired; will repeat this a.m., at 11 — it’s a most lovely summer day! …. I left my card at your door, but I suppose you & Theo were at the ball match [MTP].

Note: The Cranes were visiting Hartford [See Sam to Crane Apr. 12] and not staying at the Clemenses due to Livy’s health. The baseball reference may have been this article in the Courant of Apr. 27, p.1.

TRINITY COLLEGE NOTES

Hartford’s first ball game this season was played yesterday afternoon on the Ward street grounds, between Trinity and St. John’s college of Fordham, N. Y. The day was all that a lover of the game could desire, and the grounds were in fine condition. The game was a close and exciting one throughout and deserved a much larger crowd…

Frederick J. Hall for Webster & Co. wrote to Sam (statement enclosed of bank balances totaling $7,658.52). Hall was sorry he missed seeing Sam when he was in N.Y.; He wasn’t satisfied with the progress of sales on The Library of Humor [MTP].