December 10 Monday – Isabel Lyon’s journal: “Home again—& the King is still in Washington. The papers are full of him, for he went down there with plenty of white clothes & people love to see him in them” [MTP TS 149].

David A. Munro for the North American Review wrote to Sam:

I am in distress over one of the first four pages of the new instalment of the autobiography, and the printer expects me to send them to the press tomorrow. That is why I pursue you to Washington.

December 9 Sunday – Margaret H. Wentworth wrote from Wash. D.C. to Sam. She had “two young orphan nieces” under her care and asked if Twain might see them for a minute while in town [MTP].

December 8 Saturday – At the New Willard Hotel, Washington, D.C., Sam wrote Emilie R. Rogers:

Oh, dear me I am ashamed! I forgot to telephone you (in my hurry) that I must rush off to Washington in the interest of the new copyright bill & couldn’t keep my engagement for 5 p.m. yesterday with you. I am dreadfully sorry, & I apologize.

December 7 Friday – Sam was in Washington, D.C., and spoke before the Joint Congressional Committee on Patents in favor of stronger copyright legislation. It was a cause Twain was long chasing. Shelden writes perhaps the most dramatic and telling account of his appearance in his white suit:  

December 6 Thursday – Sam replied to the Dec. 1 from Eugene Fitch Ware aka “Ironquill”, the letter later appearing in the Dec. 16 issue of the Washington Post, p. E6. which contained Ware’s “compliment” and Sam’s reply:

Dear Mr. Ware:

December 5 Wednesday – Francis Trevelyan Miller for Connecticut Magazine wrote to Sam, enclosing a poem, “To Genial, Whole-Souled Mark Twain,” and a copy of the current issue with birthday congratulations [MTP].

Clemens’ A.D. of this day included: “A Yankee at the Court of King Arthur” written to contrast English life of the Middle Ages with modern civilization—Arraignment of King Leopold II— His character contrasted with character of lawyer who cared for John Marshall Monument Fund [MTP Autodict3; MTE 211-213].

December 4 Tuesday – Isabel Lyon’s journal (in Hartford): “At twilight I walked through the beautiful rooms of this beautiful house & my heart torn into sobbing shreds by my homesickness for the King” [MTP TS 148]. Note: she likely toured the Farmington Ave. house.

December 3 Monday – Clemens’ A.D. of this day included: Mesmerism continued—The Baron F. incident [MTP Autodict3; MTE 131-136].

Fanny E. Coe wrote from Jamaica Plain, Mass. to Sam. She was “preparing a series of reading books for publication” and wished to use the TS fence episode [MTP]. Note: “Ansd Dec. 6”

Major Leigh of Harper & Brothers wrote to Sam. “I beg to hand you herewith statement of your account for the year ending October 30 last. In doing so, permit me to present to you my congratulations” [MTP].

December 2 Sunday – At 21 Fifth Ave, NY Sam wrote a letter of thanks and greeting with a German translation on second leaf to “My far away friends” to an unidentified person [MTP: American Art Assoc. catalog, Mar. 3, 1925 Item 98].

Sam also wrote on a calling card to Robert Underwood Johnson: “Mouldy 71 thanks the Johnsons a thousand times” [MTP].

Clemens’ A.D. of this day included: Sam’s early experiments in mesmerism, continued [MTP Autodict3; MTE 125-131].  

December 1 Saturday – In NYC Albert Paine wrote for Sam to Thomas Bailey Aldrich in Boston.