July 10 Monday – Atlantic & Pacific Telegraph Co. bill of July 31 shows a telegram sent this day to Hoboken, N.J., recipient not specified (see entry for others) [MTP].

Karl Gerhardt wrote to Sam and Livy that they’d seen Twichell and daughter Julia “and what a cordial heartfelt greeting we had from them” [MTP]. Note: Twichell and daughter were in Europe.

Charles Webster wrote to Sam: “Yours recd. / I am only waiting for Slote’s July statement which I expect today. / We send a man to Hartford this week to look into the books & get facts after which we shall commence.” More on brass process, and a letter to Ahern not replied to. He complained of the price of an ad that Harpers asked: “I pay the Century 37.50 for what Harpers ask the $100”. Business was “dull now as it always is during the hot weather” [MTP].