June 4 Monday – Sam wrote an almost reverent letter from Hartford to Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, soliciting his help to obtain the Swiss mission for Howells. Sam couldn’t help but think that if Longfellow, Lowell, Whittier and Holmes wrote President Hayes, the appointment might be more likely [MTLE 2: 77]. Sam purchased a copy of Samuel Breck’s Recollection of Samuel Breck (1877) from Osgood & Co for a discounted price of $1.60 [Gribben 82].