December  6 Saturday – Sam’ second Snodgrass letter ran again in the  Keokuk Saturday Post [Schmidt].

November 30 Sunday – Sam’s 21  birthday.

November  29 Saturday – The second Snodgrass letter dated Nov. 14, SNODGRASS’ RIDE ON THE RAILROAD ran in the  Keokuk Post [MT Encyclopedia, Abshire 694; Camfield, bibliog.].

November  18 Tuesday – An  untitled sketch, dated Nov. 8 and signed “L,” about a Cincinnati boarding house ran in the Keokuk Post.  It is attributed to Clemens [ET&S 1: 382; MTL 1:  70]. Britton examines the piece and makes a case for it being Sam’s, and  Mcfarlane being autobiographical rather than fictitious [16- 17]. Note: Britton mistakenly  writes the sketch was published on Nov. 8, but it was dated Nov 8   and published Nov. 18.

November 14 Friday – Sam dated his second Snodgrass   letter from Cincinnati [MT Encyclopedia, Abshire 694].

November  1 Saturday – Sam’s first Snodgrass letter dated Oct. 18from  St. Louis titled, CORRESPONDENCE  ran in the Keokuk Saturday Post.

October,  late – In Cincinnati Sam found employment as a typesetter for T.  Wrightson and Co., one of the city’s  leading printers. He worked there into the next spring, some six months [MTL 1: 70]. Sam’s time in Cincinnati is  one of the “least documented of his life…” [MT Encyclopedia, Poole 145] but  he did write two more Snodgrass letters while there. Sam lived in a  boarding house. Long hours at work plus discussions with other boarders didn’t  allow Sam much time for writing.

October  23 to 24 Friday –Sam traveled by train to Chicago and Indianapolis to Cincinnati [MTL 1: 70].  Branch gives on or  about Oct. 24 as the date Sam arrived in Cincinnati [Branch, “Bixby” 2].

October  22 Wednesday ca. – Sam traveled by river packet to Quincy, Illinois [MTL 1: 70].

October  21 Tuesday – “The  Great Fair at St. Louis,” signed, “SAM,” appeared in the Keokuk Post [ET&S 1: 378].