May 7 Tuesday – Sam and Livy attended a Charity Ball, Union for House Work, at the Hartford Foot Guard Armory [MTNJ 3: 468n212]. Sam was on the reception committee, joined by the Governor and other big wigs. The charity supported “reading rooms for boys and girls, a day-nursery, sewing and cooking schools, a clothing-club, lending library,” and affordable tenement houses [438n101].

Ozias W. Pond wrote to Sam that “if you have a few thousand dollars to invest” he recommended the Kissel Fire Brick Co. , which he had “the honor to be secretary and treasurer of” [MTP]. Note: Ozias, brother of James B. Pond, had been manager on Sam’s tour with Cable.