June 12 Monday – Sam wrote from Elmira to James Redpath. Sam agreed to start his lecture tour in the West if Redpath preferred. He asks what “Olive & those other dead beats” were charging (Olive Logan 1839-1909) [MTL 4: 407].

Sam also wrote to his old Hannibal friend and fellow steamboat pilot, Will Bowen. Sam sent word of his plans to lecture in the West, including St. Louis; and his plans for building a home in Hartford [MTL 4: 407].