June 12 Thursday – A New York court made the May 19 temporary injunction against Benjamin Such permanent [MTL 5: 370n5; N.Y. Times, June 12, 1873 p.2].

Thompson wrote notes about the party’s trip to the Ascot races with a short side trip to Bushy Park [MTNJ 1: 528].

Later, Sam wrote from Edwards’ Hotel to George H. Fitzgibbon, the London correspondent for the Darlington Northern Echo. Fitz had published a complimentary article on Sam’s growth as a humorist since his Washoe days. Sam thanked him and wrote that he’d given up trying to write an article for the London Observer, due to the “grave, business-looking” nature of the paper [MTL 5: 378].

Sam started a letter to Henry Lee, the naturalist of the Brighton Aquarium. Sam finished the letter after midnight, June 13, after the arrival of a letter from Lee [MTL 5: 380].