July 12 Wednesday – In Sanna, Sweden Sam wrote out his daily routine to daughter Clara, who had remained in London to continue her voice lessons: “Hell, July 12/99 / (Sanna Branch), Sweden”

This is the daily itinerary:

8 to 10 a.m. Inferior London coffee for the damned. 
10 to 12 a.m. “Treatment” for the damned. 
12 to 2. Pant & gasp & fight the flies. 
Dinner for the damned. 
3, till 8, p.m. Pant & gasp & fight the flies. 
Supper & flies for the damned. 
till 11. Flies, fans & profanity 
p.m. Bed. Tallow candles. Flies. No night—dim, pale-blue daylight all night (lat. 58 N.) Cool, & might be pleasant, but the flies stand watch-&-watch, and persecute the damned all night. No nettings for protection. 
Rooms—the size of a tiger’s cage. 
Earth-closet 
Not a bath-room in the whole settlement. 
A great lake, but not near by. 
Open fields all around the damned—no woods. 
Row-boats on a simmering puddle—none on the lake. 
It is 4.30 p.m., & too blazing hot to write.

Make your peace with Satan, & come along. Leave your clothes behind: fly-paper is the only wear.

Sam closed by spoofing Clara should encourage Joe Twichell to come; Joe and Laurence Hutton arrived in London earlier than July 26, the date Sam had expected them [MTP]. Note: The context suggests Clara had written her family prior to this letter. Clara’s is not extant.