November 28 Sunday – Sam wrote from Boston to Livy about her 24th and his 34th birthday:
“I have kept the day alone, my darling—we will keep it together hereafter, God willing. My own birthday comes Tuesday, & I must keep that alone also, but it don’t matter—I’ve had had considerable practice in that” [MTL 3: 413].
November 27 Saturday – Olivia Louise Langdon’s 24th birthday, her last as a single woman. Sam wrote her a short note from Boston: “Had a big house last night, as usual. Didn’t make a brilliant success otherwise, though.” The town has not been identified [MTL 3: 410].
November 26 Friday – Sam lectured in an unidentified town, as cited by his letter to Livy the next day.
November 25 Thursday – George L. Fall, partner of James Redpath, sent Sam another lecture schedule for December with 16 cities [MTP].
November 24–25 Thursday – Sam wrote late from Hartford to Livy, who was in New York City at the St. Nicholas Hotel with her father, sister Susan Crane, and John Slee and wife making wedding preparations.
November 23 Tuesday – Sam lectured (“Savages”) in Allyn Hall, Hartford, Conn. The Hartford Courant (Nov. 25, p2) review summarized both traditional the traditional lecture audience “class” and expectations, and Sam’s unique “conversational” approach which mixed both serious and comedic:
November 20 Saturday – Sam wrote from Boston to James K. Medbery, declining to write a Christmas book for the American Literary Bureau [MTL 3: 400].
November 19 Friday – In Boston prior to his lecture, Sam wrote to Mary Mason Fairbanks.
November 17 Wednesday – Sam lectured in Gothic Hall, Danvers, Mass. [MTPO].
November 16 Tuesday – Sam finished the letter to Livy. Later that evening he lectured in Holyoke, Mass.
Livy Darling—