April 14 Monday – Mollie Clemens finished her Mar. 30 letter to Sam and Livy (clipping encl.):

I wrote the first of this upon the receipt of Livy’s letter — laid it down — and never got at it til now. Ma was quite comfortable for several days, but for three days is not nearly so well. Yesterday’s Gate City contained the enclosed printed letter. We suppose “Prince & Pauper” is in Chicago from this. Sam choose your own time to come, so you don’t put it off too long…Will you go to Elmira this season? [MTP].

Robert J. Burdette wrote to ask Sam “WHO wrote the boy’s diary in which the recurrent phrase is ‘Forget what did?’” He thought Sam wrote it; was certain, and wanted to confirm [MTP]. Note: Sam did not write the phrase. Susan Coolidge was the author; see June 9 entry.