Saturday, July 5, 1873

(Hartford) Up at 8.20. Hot day. Johnny not quite as well. Downtown with bank books. Arranged Aetna stock payments for Johnny & self. Afterwards arranged Father's with Paine & Gurdon. Telegraphed Allen & Vincent. Obtained $55 from W. S. Squire as cont of So. Cong. Ch. to S.S. Union. Off at 1.45 for New York. Wrote up diary. Wrote Independent notes. At St. James Hotel about 5.30. Met Robert Erwin there. Rec'd telegram from Johnny as to Mr. Hartley. Dined. Down to St. Denis Hotel. Stopped there. Later, uptown to Allen's rooms. He at Buffalo. At Wilder's. Met J. Finley Smith. Saw Walter Camp. Found Vincent at St. Denis about 10. Retired about 12.