April 14 Thursday – Sam loaned Josephus Larned, his partner on the Express, $3,000 for one year against his interest in the newspaper. Bowen & Rogers attorneys drew the papers and John Slee advised Sam.

Alice and Clara Spaulding left after a ten-day visit. Sam began to look for “his tribe” (family) to visit, so wrote to the Langdons on Apr. 16 that he would “need the rooms” [MTL 4: 109].