The Cohocton River, sometimes referred to as the Conhocton River, is a 58.5-mile-long  tributary of the Chemung River in western New York in the United States. Via the Chemung River, it is part of the Susquehanna River watershed, flowing to Chesapeake Bay. The name "Cohocton" is derived from an Iroquois term, Ga-ha-to, meaning "log floating in the water" or "trees in the water".

The Chemung River is a tributary of the Susquehanna River, approximately 46.4 miles long, in south central New York and northern Pennsylvania in the United States. It drains a mountainous region of the northern Allegheny Plateau in the Southern Tier of New York. The valley of the river has long been an important manufacturing center in the region but has suffered a decline in the late 20th century.

November 20, 1884   I have not seen anything to document it but I believe Sam would have taken the Newburgh to Beacon Ferry to access the Hudson River train to New York.

The site of the Everett Building was initially part of the colonial farm owned by Dutch settler Cornelius Tiebout. Union Square was first laid out in the Commissioners' Plan of 1811, expanded in 1832, and then made into a public park in 1839. The completion of the park led to the construction of mansions surrounding it, and the Everett House hotel, located on the north side of East 17th Street. was among one of several fashionable buildings completed around Union Square.

November 14, 1884

Email from Barbara Schmidt: 26 Feb. 2015 

"As to Brockton, MA -- I did find a reference to a letter SLC wrote to Pond complaining that the Brockton venue had not been advertised sufficiently, and thus had a low turn out."

Historic 1876 Boston and Maine Railroad Depot in Lowell, Massachusetts. Also known as the Boston and Maine Railroad Terminal and the Central Street Station. The High Victorian Gothic style building only served as a railroad station until 1895. Later, the former railroad station was occupied by the New England Telephone and Telegraph Company, the Owl Theatre and the Rialto Theatre.

The building became part of the Lowell National Historical Park in 1989 and was restored over a fifteen year period.