December 1 Saturday – In Hartford Sam wrote to Augustin Daly that the family had company coming Tuesday (Dec. 4) and there was “sickness already in the house” and so regretted being unable to attend the first of “the subscription nights” performance, which implies Sam had purchased or was given seats to several dramas at Daly’s theater for the season.

I write you in order that you may not leave our seats empty & looking like lost teeth in a handsome jaw [MTP].

Sam also wrote to his mother-in-law, Olivia Lewis Langdon, thanking her for a check she’d sent for his birthday.

…I shall buy something nice & warm with it — whisky, or something like that. …

Livy Sailed by the 43-mile-post looking 26, & is now out tearing around like early youth.

Robbins Brothers, Manufacturers and Dealers in Furniture of Every Description, Hartford, billed $2 for “Nov 9 Repg 2 chairs”; Paid Dec. 6 [MTP].

Fox & Co, fine groceries, teas, wines & segars, Hartford, billed $33.08 for “Amt Bill per pass book” (no detail); Paid Dec. 10 [MTP].