July 30 Monday – To avoid the New York City summer heat, Sam spent part of the evening “in a bath tub full of lovely water” [July 31 to Livy].

The New York Times, July 31, 1894 p.12 “Business Troubles” included this paragraph:

— An extension of thirty days, in which to file inventories and schedules, was granted yesterday [July 30] by Judge Bookstaver of the Court of Common Pleas to Bainbridge Colby, assignee of Samuel L. Clemens (“Mark Twain”) and Frederick J. Hall, comprising the book-publishing firm of Charles L. Webster & Co.