June 21 Monday – The Clemens family and governess Rosa Hay left Elmira and traveled by rail to Rochester, where they probably dined with Daniel William Powers (1818-1897) and family, and may have spent the night there, continuing on to Buffalo the next day (See July 12 to Whitmore). Powers was an eastern financier and the owner of a fabulous art collection. Sam had a last opportunity to discuss the Paige typesetter business with Powers [MTNJ 3: 243n61]. Note: The entire trip was approximately 1,500 miles, by rail and steamer.

The family also may have paid a visit to the Charles M. Underhill family (See July 17 to Underhill).

Moncure Conway wrote from Brooklyn to Sam:

I have finished a novel which I began seven years ago, and instead of offering it to my usual — not invaluable publisher, Holt, have a notion that it would bring more money if issued by your company [MTP]. Note: the tale was titled, “Pine and Palen,” about two Harvard law students, Bostonian and Virginian, who clashed over the Civil War, “with happy results” [MTP].

Charles Webster responded to Sam’s gift idea of a gold-lid copy of Pope Leo’s biography. Webster was soon to leave to negotiate the Pope’s book, and wrote, “over 30,000 of McClellan’s book guaranteed and over 100,000 of the Pope’s guaranteed.” He planned on being in Liverpool on July 1 or 2. “We hope you have a pleasant Western trip. You sail I believe on the same day we do? We sail on the 23rd on the “City of Rome” [MTP].