1 Fuller had written (CU-MARK):

For the reference to the “Comet,” see 17 July 74 to Albright, n. 3. Clemens left the St. Nicholas Hotel in New York on the morning of 7 July. The article Fuller enclosed does not survive with his letter. Entitled “A Visit to Bingham,” it was a lengthy description of a trip from Salt Lake City to the mining town of Bingham, the last leg of which was “upon the elegant new cars of the Bingham Cañon and Camp Floyd” railroad, which had begun operations in December 1873. Fuller gave particulars of the railroad’s costs, equipment, extent, freight traffic, receipts, and expansion plans, and described George Goss, “the superintendent of the road,” as “an old railroad man, careful to a degree, and watchful of the interests committed to his charge” (Fuller). Fuller was a member of the board of directors, as was wealthy Pennsylvania oil financier Charles Lockhart (1818–1905), who in 1874 helped organize the Standard Oil Trust and became president of the Standard Oil Company of Pittsburgh. Clemens neither invested in the railroad himself nor helped Fuller “place” its bonds in Hartford (see the next note).

2 The Clemenses did not travel to Hartford in August. Although they planned to move into their new home there before the end of that month—after trips to Buffalo and Fredonia—they had to postpone their return until September (11 July 74 to JLC; 15 Aug 74 to JLC and PAM; 22 Aug 74 to Howells; 20 Sept 74 to Parish). Meanwhile, Fuller went there himself to try to sell his bonds; on 13 August, Twichell wrote Clemens, “Gov. Fuller called on us in Hartford a few days ago, and we had a delightful talk with him” (CU-MARK; Fuller was acting governor of Utah Territory in 1861 and 1862). For Fuller’s account of his trip, see 6 Sept 74 to Fuller, n. 1.

3 That is, also to Fuller’s wife, Annie.