May 1 Sunday – Sam and Livy left Buffalo and arrived in Elmira. The Elmira Reporter announced that Jervis had returned from the south, and that Sam and Livy were in town. Jervis, knowing his time was short, officially restructured his company to include his son Charles J. Langdon, Theodore W. Crane, and John D. Slee as partners [MTL 4: 124-5n1].

Benjamin P. Shillaber wrote a note of introduction for John W. Ryan to shake Sam’s hand [MTP].