April 26 Friday – Sam wrote to Hiram Stevens Maxim, the letter not extant but referred to in Maxim’s May 8 reply [MTP].

Sam’s notebook: “Dinner” [NB 44 TS 9].

April 25 Thursday – Sam had been asked to preside at the dinner of the Get Together Club in Arlington Hall, but sent a letter pleading poor health. The gathering and the letter was reported by the New York Times, Apr. 25, p.9:

MARK TWAIN TO THE CLUB

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Why He Did Not Attend the Dinner of the Get Together Organization No. 3.

April 24 Wednesday – At 1410 W. 10th in N.Y.C., Sam replied to Rudolf Lindau, in care of the German Embassy, Constantinople, Turkey. Lindau’s incoming is not extant.

April 23 Tuesday – In N.Y.C., Sam wrote a short note to George S. Seymour, enclosing a 1899 photo of himself: “Here you have it, & on Shakespeare’s birth-day at that” [MTP]. Note: Seymour is not identified.

Sam received a letter and check from John Y. MacAlister [Apr. 24 to MacAlister]. Note: incoming not extant.

Sam’s notebook: “Read in Princeton Heptagon — 7.30” [NB 44 TS 9].

Check # Payee Amount [Notes]

April 22 Monday – Sam and Livy left Saranac Lake, N.Y. and returned to N.Y.C. [Apr. 21 to Alexander].

Sam’s notebook: “Mrs. Pike 136 E. 61st Mr. Borden” [NB 44 TS 9]

April 21 Sunday – At the Riverside Inn, Saranac Lake, N.Y., Sam wrote to John White Alexander, apologizing for a missed dinner date. They had been trying to “hunt up a summer-place on high ground for the ailing member of the family”

“And now, on top of it all, there is a possibility that after this harassed & fatiguing three-days’ railroad-race, our errand to these remote regions has failed & we return home tomorrow defeated. But that is nothing—I am only poignantly sorry about the other failure” [MTP].

April 20 Saturday – [date in a PDF box]

Sam’s notebook: “Dr. Emmett. No—19th (above) Heptagon Dining Club, 7.30 at Metropolitan Club. Informal— only 20. James W. Alexander 4 E. 64th” [NB 44 TS 9]. Note: see Apr. 21.

April 19 Friday – The Clemens family left N.Y.C. and traveled to Saranac Lake, N.Y. [Apr. 21 to Alexander]. Note: Their purpose was to secure a cabin to return for summer for Livy’s health. See Apr. 21 to Alexander.

Sam’s notebook: “Heptagon – see below [for Apr.20] / Mr. Stokes 50 W. 39th / Mrs. Mott 17 East 47th” [NB 44 TS 9]. Note: Mrs. Jordan Lawrence Mott, Jr.

April 18 Thursday – Sam inscribed the first volume of his autographed 24-volume set of Mark Twain’s Works by American Publishing Co. to William S. Hofstra (1861-1932), Dutch immigrant lumber magnate and founder of Hofstra University: “With compliments to / William S. Hofstra / S.L. Clemens / (Mark Twain) / April 18, 1901” [eBay #370393968899, June 10, 2010]. Note: this set was numer 97 of 512 published. He likely signed other sets on this day that have yet to surface.