November 28 Friday – Sam wrote from London to George H. Fitzgibbon. Sam thanked him for his “timely hints & suggestions,” and that he had written a ten-minute speech that he enclosed. Sam wrote the speech for a dinner on Monday, Dec. 1, attended after his lecture [MTL 5: 489].

At Hartford, a load of hay was delivered by Paul Thompson, who receipted the family a delivery fee of 25 cents for 1960 lbs. [MTP].