July 2 Saturday – James A. Garfield was shot by Charles Guiteau at 9:30 AM., less than four months after his term began. Garfield would linger through the rest of the summer and die on Sept. 19 1881.

Sam wrote from Branford to Osgood & Co. asking him not to buy more of “Brer Talmage” and asking for the proofs of the pictures completed for his book, probably P&P [MTP].

Sam also wrote a one-liner to Charles Perkins on an unidentified matter:

“I thought that this ridiculous attempt at a swindle was given up, some 3 or 4 years ago. Didn’t you understand it so?” [MTP].