May 10 Thursday – Sam purchased John Liptrott Hatton’s The Songs of England from the Osgood & Co [Gribben 300].

Orion Clemens wrote to thank Sam for the 3 drafts of $42 each, and added his cure for the common cold:

“Abstain from eating, drinking and profanity 24 hours (except water); then bathe in hot water half an hour to the knees, keeping the water as hot as you can bear by expedients that will readily suggest themselves to a person of your mental resources; then put on woolen socks and go to bed. In the early stages, warranted” [MTP]. Note: see Sam’s reply on May 14.