November 1 Monday – Park & Tilford billed Sam for “2 doz Glen Whisky” total $28. Note: this made 5 dozen year to date. J.P. Newton, Hartford “meat, poultry, game, fish & vegetables” billed $9.16 for Oct. 5, 6, 8, 15, 16, 20, 22, 27, 29, 30: lobster, salmon, halibut, misc., paid Nov. 6; Fox & Co. $72.92 bill for pass book billed to date (monthly), paid Nov. 6 [MTP].

Thomas K. Beecher wrote to Sam. “Yours as to cruise [?] May—& the Gard. Of Eden [illegible word] Buffalo rec’d / Bucher in Congress is a broader joke than Adam…. With love to Livy & the girls—at least the two that know me. I am yours in peril” [MTP].