August 17 Monday – Sam wrote from Hartford to Mary Mason Fairbanks.

“It is very late—been writing a letter to Chicago Republican. Shall leave for New York tomorrow. Shall be there 3 to 5 days. Then shall spend a few days with the other cub in Elmira—& then both of us will go to Cleveland to see the old bear” [MTL 2: 241].

Note: Sam, Charles Langdon, and Julius Moulton were Mary’s “cubs,” on the Quaker City excursion, Mary being the “old bear.”

Sam left late on Aug. 17 for New York, where he “was reported at the Everett House” in Union Square on the morning of Aug. 18 [MTL 2: 241-2; MT A Life 241].