February 7 Friday – Sam gave his revised “Sandwich Islands” lecture at the Academy, Brooklyn, New York [Schmidt].

Bill dated Jan. 4 paid to H.A. Botsford & Co., Hartford dealers in bailed hay and straw, for $15.68 [MTP].

Nearly half an inch of rain & snow fell on NYC [NOAA.gov].

Whitelaw Reid wrote to Sam referring him to a man in Baltimore; the subject matter is too obscured to make out [MTP].

Thomas B. Pugh wrote from Phila. advising Sam of the offer from another lecture bureau for half receipts for a lecture there. Since Sam had declined Pugh, he felt sure the reasons still applied for declining this new offer [MTP]. Note: The man needed a new quill.