December 28 Thursday – Sam lectured in Lincoln Hall, Danville, Illinois – “Roughing It.”

He wrote from Danville to Livy, concerned about her health and the baby’s. He announced, “The debt to the firm is all paid up” (the $12,500 owned to Jervis Langdon on the purchase of the Buffalo Express.) [MTL 4: 526-7].

Sam also wrote to Jane Clemens, sending $300 and news that the “baby has lung fever” [MTL 4: 527].