June 12 Wednesday – The Clemens family usually spent a day or two in New York on their way to Elmira.

Orion Clemens wrote to Sam trying to repay him for his kindness by giving him a drawing for “an improved fixture for ringing a door-bell.” He wished they would all come for a visit [MTP]. Note: Orion repeatedly expressed his thanks and desire to repay Sam in some way.

J.N. Farrar wrote to Sam about making an appt. for Clara by moving other patients’ times around, only to have her show up at 1:15 PM “in haste” asking if she could just as well have her teeth filled in Elmira as she had other places to go that day. Farrar didn’t want Sam to mention it to Clara but asked that he direct her to have the teeth filled in Elmira as she “needs it very much” [MTP].

George Standring wrote from London to Sam, enclosing an article from the London Star about “A Revolution in Printing” — the Mergenthaler Linotype now on exhibition in Southampton [MTP].

Webster & Co. wrote to Sam; the envelope alone survives [MTP].