July 11 Friday – Sam’s fourth of five letters on the Shah of Persia appeared in the New York Herald. Sam referred to the Shah as “the long expected millennium,” and “this splendid barbarian,” so bejeweled that “he shone like a window with the westering sun on it” [Fatout, MT Speaks 83].

Sam and Livy were among 800 guests attending “a grand ball at the Mansion House,” hosted by “the Lady Mayoress” [MTL 5: 404n2]. Sam dictated to Samuel Thompson a short note for George Smith, publisher, that they would not miss their Thursday picnic party [MTL 5: 414].