June 15 Friday – The Clemens family left New York City and traveled by special sleeping car to Elmira [MTBus 214].
Twichell noted in his journal, “our eighth child and fourth son was b. about 11 AM” [Yale, copy at MTP]. The boy was named Joseph Hooker Twichell.
Joe Twichell wrote to Livy with news of #8—a son—Joseph Hooker Twichell [MTP].