January 12 Monday – Sam wrote from Liverpool to Frank Finlay that he’d had full houses in Liverpool and “a jolly good time with them.” Sam wanted to send a “God be with you!” note to Finlay in the “midst of hustle & bustle of getting ready for an early start in the morning” [MTL 6: 19].

Bill paid in Hartford to O.S. Kelsey plumber and gasfitter and dealer in hot air furnaces, for work on furnace, piping, etc. Work done Sept. 27, Oct. 18, Nov. 14, 1873, Jan. 8, 1874. $16.36 [MTP].