May 5 Wednesday – Sam was invoiced $16.10 by the Put-In-Bay Island Wine Co., in Ohio for a half-barrel (24 & ½ gallons) of red wine. This company advertised N. American native varieties on their invoices: Catawba, Delaware, Norton’s Virginia, Ives, and Concord Grapes. Bill marked paid. Sam had this shipped to Cleveland, probably for the Fairbanks family [MTP].

The May 31 bill from Western Union shows a telegram sent to New York, recipient unspecified (see entry).

Edward J. Wyman wrote from Chicago to ask Sam for a note encouraging a young lady who was successfully gaining subscribers for his book, a lady he described as “of much refinement and beauty.” [MTP]. Note: Sam wrote on the env., “Excuse me from answering”.