July 1 Thursday – William J. Hamersley wrote to Sam from Hartford about the London exhibition of typesetters at the American Exhibition, costs for space, etc. The event would open May 2, 1887 and continue for six months. Patents needed, foreign and domestic, would need to be secured beforehand.

Franklin G. Whitmore wrote Sam that he’d been to Boston to see the Stickney typesetter and did not “consider it perfect as yet.” Also, he’d ordered 500 cigars to be sent to Elmira [MTP].

Southern N.E. Telephone Co. billed $15; paid after July 20; signed N.H. Stevens, forwarded to Elmira postmarked July 20 [MTP].