November 12 Sunday – In London, England Sam wrote to Miss Eva L. Farrell, niece of Robert G. Ingersoll, who died July 21 of congestive heart failure.

“Except for my daughter’s, I have not grieved for any death as I have grieved for his. His was a great & beautiful spirit, he was a man—all man, from his crown to his foot-soles. My reverence for him was deep & genuine; I prized his affection for me, & returned it with usury” [MTP].

Sam and Livy may indeed have dined with John Y. MacAlister as his note of Nov. 11 shows.