December 31 Friday - More letters and telegrams of condolence were sent by:
| E.T. Abbott Frank H, Bronson John H, Flagg Joanna Pozzo Arthur L, Shipman (MTP). |
Stormfield - Day By Day
December 4 Friday – In Redding, Conn. Sam wrote to Elizabeth Jordan.
Dear Miss Jordan:
December 4 Saturday — John Bigelow wrote from Grammercy Park, NYC to Sam. “I hope you will pardon the liberty I have ventured to take with your name, in a note to the Chamber of Commerce which you will find on the 324 page of a pamphlet which I send you under another enclosure... Yours truly...” [MTP].
December 5 Saturday – Sam’s new guestbook:
Name Address Date Remarks
December 6 Sunday – In Redding, Conn. Sam wrote to Margaret Blackmer.
December 6 Monday — In Hamilton Bermuda Sam replied to a non-extant letter from daughter Clara.
December 7 Monday – Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Murray Butler sent their calling card for Sam “to meet Lord & Lady Northcliffe & Signor Ferrero,” Tues. Dec. 15 4 to 6 p.m. [MTP]. Note: “Ans Dec 7 MLH”
December 7 Tuesday — Clemens was in Bermuda. He took daily scenic rides after school hours [Dec. 14 to Nunnally]. D. Hoffman quotes from Helen Schuyler Allen’s diary about Sam’s daily routine:
December 8 Tuesday – Sam’s A.D. for this date focused again on the two burglars at Stormfield [Hill 209]. f: Sam also dictated on the burglary on Oct. 6 and Nov. 12.
December 8 Wednesday — Sam took daily scenic rides after school hours [Dec. 14 to Nunnally].
December 9 Wednesday – In Redding, Conn. Sam replied to the Dec. 2 of Charles Hopkins Clark.
December 9 Thursday — Sam took daily scenic rides after school hours [Dec. 14 to Nunnally].
February 1 Monday - Mrs, Mary Stewart Gatter wrote from Newburgh, NY to ask Sam for a signed Photo to sell to the benefit of St. Luke's Hospital (MTP)
Winifred Holt for the NY Assoc. for the Blind wrote to thank Sam for the use of his name at their Bal de Tete [MTP]
New York Assoc. for the Blind wrote to Sam [MTP]
February 1 Tuesday -Albert Bigelow Paine wrote from Redding to Clemens: “I sent you a good batch of stuff yesterday & found your letter ...at the station this morning. Also a letter for you from Clara which is here enclosed,” He offered bank data, and opinion on numbering letter pages and a few other short remarks [MTP].
February 10 Wednesday — In Redding, Conn. Sam wrote a note of introduction “To any friend or acquaintance of mine” for Albert Bigelow Paine, “my biographer & particular friend, who is seeking information concerning me for use in his book.” [MTP]. Note: Sam may have written several of these as two survive, UCCL # 07666 and 08345,
February 10 Thursday Albert Bigelow Paine wrote from Redding to Clemens: "Lounsbury thinks this man is going to take the Italian house at 5700.00, He will know in a day or two, and if he can, will close matters up this week or next”. He offered more details of costs and net [MTP]. Note: MT: “ans / approving / Feb. 14”
February 11 Thursday — In Redding, Conn. Sam wrote to Beatrice M. Benjamin, granddaughter of H.H. Roger
O, come, dear heart, all this enthusiasm over a comparative stranger! But you have studied it over, & know whether it is warranted or not; so it isn’t for me to criticise.
February 11 Friday — In Hamilton, Bermuda Sam wrote per Helen S. Allen to Albert B. Paine in Redding, Conn.
Dear Mr. Paine, / Mr. Clemens wants me to tell you that he approves of your project and also the terms [in SLC’s hand: suggested. /Helen.
P. S. The plan which would leave me 80 acres strikes me pleasantly.
February 12 Friday — Isabel Lyon’s journal noted that Sam was in bed reading “Quakenbores [sic] book on Natural Philosophy” in bed with “a cigar between his teeth”. Note: A Natural Philosophy, etc. (1899) by George Payn Quackenbos (1826-1881) [Gribben 565].
George Brunton for the Boone Iowa News-Republican wrote to ask Sam for a letter of encouragement for their YMCA [MTP].
February 12 Saturday - Sam’s new guestbook:
| Name | Address | Date | Remarks |
| Irving Bacheller | [Illegible city] Conn. | Feb. 12,1910 |
The Danish-American (Independent Weekly) per Emil Opffer wrote from the Tribune Bldg., NYC:
February 13 Saturday — In Redding, Conn., Ralph W. Ashcroft wrote for Sam and Isabel Lyon to professor Archibald Henderson at UNC, Chapel Hill, N.C.
Dear Dr Henderson
February 14 Sunday - In Redding, Conn. Sam wrote a reply on a postcard to Mary (not further identified).
Goodspeed’s
Boston
February 14, 1909
Picture postcard, no
postmarks, not addressed
black ink, 2 sides
Front:
February 14 Monday — In Hamilton, Bermuda Sam wrote a valentine poem to Helen S, Allen.
February 15 Monday — Charles E. Hinckley for W.A. Hunter & Co., Nashville, Tenn. wrote to Sam.
I have the honor to say that you are directed, for naval purposes, to read the accompanying article [not in file] and report to the secretary of the navy at Washington, D.C. the proper way of putting our naval vessels through the Suez Canal without so much flub-dub about the pilots. Talk about a little old eighty-seven miles on the Mississip? Huhl...
late Captain Steamer “Copperopolis” San Francisco to Sacramento.
February 15 Tuesday — In Hamilton, Bermuda Sam wrote to Thomas Lemuel James.
Dear General,
The parcel of money shipped to me per Wells Fargo, February 4 has not yet arrived. I thought I would mention this in passing. But I mention it mainly to put you on your guard against sending anything to Bermuda or elsewhere by any express company, because the persons connected with those companies have been dead 30 years. This often causes delay, / Yours always / ... [MTP]. Note: see Jan. 30 to James.
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