September 24 Tuesday – Sam wrote from Jerusalem at the Mediterranean Hotel to Mr. Esais ordering a Bible to be sent to his mother. He forwarded the note with a Mr. Weintraub [MTL 2: 94-5]. Note: this Bible is now at the MTP.

Sam inscribed: “Mrs. Jane Clemens / From Her Son— / Jerusalem, Sept 24, 1867.” on the flyleaf of an 1863 edition of The Holy Bible [Gribben 65].

Sam cut a piece of cedar for a gavel handle from a tree planted just outside the walls of Jerusalem by Geodfrey De Bouillon, the first Christian Conquerer of the city in 1099. Sam had a gavel made from the wood in Alexandria, Egypt for a gift to his Masonic lodge, the Polar Star Lodge No. 79 in St. Louis [Jones 365; MTNJ 1: 442n116].