May 31 Wednesday – David Gray printed a notice in the Buffalo Courier of Sam’s new book to “be published in the fall and to appear simultaneously in England and America” [MTL 4: 394]. Note: the notice still did not include the title, which had yet to be formulated.

Sam left Elmira bound for Hartford, stopping for a day or two in New York at the St. Nicholas Hotel [MTL 4: 395].

May, late – Sam wrote from Elmira to David Gray of the Buffalo Courier about plans for publication of Roughing It. To protect his English copyright, Sam intended to publish simultaneously in England and the U.S. [MTL 4: 394]. George Routledge would pay Sam a token amount ($185) for the right to publish Roughing It simultaneously [MTL 5: 73n3].