February 9 Wednesday – Sam wrote from Buffalo to Francis P. Church, of the Galaxy. Sam claimed his work for the Buffalo Express paid him an ample livelihood; that he wrote sketches, squibs and editorials for it; that he didn’t go to the office [MTL 4: 65].

Sam and Livy also wrote at noon to Jervis and Olivia Lewis Langdon. The newlyweds had exchanged social calls with the John and Emma Slee, and the Twichells came to visit.

I told them the story of what happened to Little Sammy in Fairy Land when he was hunting for a Boarding House, & they enjoyed that.

We are very regular in our habits. We get up at 6 o’clock every morning, & we go to bed at 10 every evening. We have three meals a day—breakfast at 10 o’clock, lunch at 1 PM & dinner at 5. The reason we get up at 6 in the morning is because we want to see what time it is. Partly this, & partly because we have heard that early rising is beneficial. We then go back to bed, & get up finally at half past 9 [MTL 4: 66-7].

Cary H. Fry wrote from St. Louis to Sam having rec’d his “cards today” and congratulated him on his marriage to Livy [MTP].