July 7 Tuesday – Orion Clemens wrote about a letter from Puss, who was anxious to go; the doctor advised a steamboat; plans to go to Hannibal; Puss feared she could not repay a loan [MTP].

H.B. Vandiver wrote from Weaverville, NC about the prospectus of LM. He confessed to not being out of his teens, and wrote, “Wont I be a fiend when I’m grown?” and asked for LM and HF to be sent [MTP]. Note: Sam wrote on the env., “From the average Southern gentleman”