December 4 Friday – Sam wrote from Metropolitan Hotel in New York to Livy, again professing his undying love, the necessity for love from the brain and the heart, and listing those he confided the provisional engagement to: Dan Slote, the Twichell’s, his sister Pamela, and Mrs. Fairbanks—and tells of their responses. Originally a 27-page letter, Sam tore off sections and removed a full page [MTL 2: 302-312]. Note: Livy docketed this as letter # 9.