November 1 Wednesday – Sam lectured in Music Hall, Boston, Mass. – “Artemus Ward.” Sam wrote from Boston to Livy:

“…it was a bad night, but we had a packed house, & if the papers say any disparaging things, don’t you believe a single word of it, for I never saw a lecture go off so magnificently before. I tell you it makes me feel like my old self again. I wanted to talk a week…I am satisfied with tonight” [MTL 4: 484].

The reviews, however, were mixed. Sam added:

“I am going to lunch with Ralph Keeler, Thomas Bailey Aldrich & one or two others tomorrow” [484].

Sam was receipted from Gridley & Frisbee, manufacturers of soap & candles for $5 [MTP].