July 5 Tuesday – The Clemens party was en route in the Prince Oscar from Naples to New York.
Sam’s notebook: “On the second day out, the surgeon was asked for a tonic for Clara. I was sorry, for it is easier to get rid of 7 diseases than of one doctor. This one has called every day since. After York Harbor and Florence I have an aversion for one-horse doctors. (Kirch). / [Horiz. Line separator] / Passed the Azores” [NB 47 TS 15].
T. Douglas Murray wrote from London—a letter of condolence to Sam, feeling it best to wait some before sending it [MTP].