June 26 Saturday – Sam wrote from Elmira to his mother, and sister Pamela. Sam notified them that he’d shipped his trunk and valise from New York on June 24. Between June 23 and 26 Sam had received word from Abel Fairbanks raising the amount for only one quarter of the Cleveland Herald, and Sam expressed doubts that he would work out a deal with them. He still expected to go to Cleveland in a day or two, but did not [MTL 3: 276].

Sam also wrote Whitelaw Reid, thanking him again for the lines in the Tribune and the response of the Memphis Daily Appeal [MTL 3: 278].