July 5 Monday – Sam wrote from Elmira to Mary Mason Fairbanks with excuses why he had not yet come to Cleveland. He was writing next winter’s lecture; he “unexpectedly got aground here,” etc. [MTL 3: 280-1]. Sam had been away from Livy for a few weeks, and it’s most likely that he simply did not want to leave again so soon. Also, the long distance negotiations with the Herald did not promise much. In past letters Livy expressed reservations about living in Cleveland. All of these may have played a part in Sam’s lingering in Elmira. He did not go to Cleveland until July 15, after he investigated a partnership in the Buffalo Express.