June 17 Thursday – Sam, Livy and Jervis Langdon attended the wedding of Livy’s childhood friend, Alice Hooker to John Calvin Day [Willis 50]. Livy and her parents left Hartford on June 21 and New York on June 22. Livy spent three days visiting with Fidele Brooks [MTL 3: 267n5].

Sam introduced the Langdons to Elisha and Frank Bliss sometime before June 21 [MTL 3: 266n1].

During this stay in Hartford, Jervis Langdon made Sam an offer. As his future son-in-law, Jervis offered to front money for Sam to buy an interest in a newspaper [A. Hoffman 157].