January 4 Sunday – Sam’s wrote from Cincinnati to Livy of the day’s activities:

“I breakfasted with the Halstead family at noon; spent 3 hours in the pottery [the “keramic factory” he referred to in his Jan. 3 letter to Livy]; dined (over) at Mrs. Geo. Ward Nichols’s; spent a most shouting good lovely 3 ½ hours at Pitts Burt’s fireside; & then he brought me home, & I have just now got my clothes off.”

Sam wished he could take Livy to the pottery factory and show her “what Mrs. Nichols & those other wonderful people have been doing.” He bought several pieces and had them shipped to Hartford, cautioning Livy not to let George open the box without her “personal superintendence…he mustn’t break those things.” Sam also sent a piece to Susan Crane, and one to Ida Langdon.

Sam also wrote a short directive to Charles Webster to send verification of an amount for an unspecified action or item, to “Keep at that Am Ex in Europe stock” and added that he hoped “Peyton’s project will succeed” (unidentified) [MTP].