July 5 Wednesday – From Hartford, Sam typed a letter to Frank Fuller.

“WE HAVE SCARLET FEVER PATIENTS TO TAKE CARE OF, AND THE HOUSE WILL BE UNDER STRICT QUARANTINE FOR SEVERAL WEEKS YET…WILL NOT BE ALLOWED OUTSIDE THE NURSERY FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS…I HAVN’T ANY LITERARY INSPIRATION” [MTP].

Jane Clemens finished their July 2 letter to Sam and Livy, and Orion Clemens wrote on July 5, both from Fredonia. Orion thanked Sam for his $100 check. He told of his reading Blackstone, and then of the inequity of men who were hanged or not hanged “in the old days” based on whether they could read or not [MTP].