July 18 Sunday - In Redding, Conn. Sam wrote to daughter Clara:
Clärchen dear Jean is a surprise & a wonder. She has plenty of wisdom, judgment, penetration, practical good sense—like her mother—& character, courage, definiteness, decision; also goodness, a humane spirit, charity, kindliness, pity; industry, perseverance, intelligence, a clean mind, a clean soul, dignity, honesty, truthfulness, high ideals, loyalty, faithfulness to duty—she is everything that Miss Lyon isn’t.
She went twice with the lawyer, & saw Miss Lyon stretched upon the rack. It was necessary. There had to be a witness, or Miss Lyon would deny on a Sunday what she confessed on a Saturday, & there wasn’t another witness to be had but Paine or me—& of course neither of us would do.
Oh, the irony of it! that reptile Lyon mistress of our house these several years & Jean barred out of it & as being an impossible!
Jean has had great pleasure in Mr. Acklom’s visit. He is 45 years old, I should say, & is the good kind of Englishman. You may remember his excellent father and mother, at Agra—at Colonel Loch’s house, the Residency; & they were with us as far as Ajmere.
God will punish Paine. I know it. Because he is so intemperately glad over yesterday's tragedy.
I send my love, & I hope you and Gabrilowitsch will pay us a call soon.
Telephone Julie & Edward about the tragedy, / Father / Marcus [MTP].
Sam’s new guestbook:
| Name | Address | Date | Remarks |
| Dr. Demming ) | [sic Deming] | ||
| Mrs. Demming ) | July 18 | ||
| “[? Illegible] ) | |||
| & friends ) | [all July 18] | ||
| Mr. Hawthorne, brother ) | [possibly Julian Hawthorne] |