May 4 Friday – In Hartford Sam began a short note to Annie Eliot Trumbull, mostly in German, that he finished the next day, May 5. Annie was the daughter of James Hammond and Sarah Trumbull.

In a happy mood I agree with the suggestion regarding the Saturday Morning Club. Cuss such a language, you can never tell whether you’ve said what you wanted to say or not. Next Saturday, May 5, isn’t that so? Mrs. Clemens offers her house and cordially invites the members of the club…Subject: English Criticism of America [MTP]. Note: Thanks to Holger Kersten for the translation.