December 1871
Twain traveled from Newark, NJ to Oswego, NY sometime between November 29 and December 1. A likely itinerary would have been to take the Central Railroad of New Jersey from the Communipah Terminal, through Elizabeth to Hampton. From Hampton to the Delaware River, the Warren Railroad and then the Delaware Lackawanna and Western through Scranton to Hallstadt and then to Binghamton. The DL&W no longer required the New York and Erie to reach Binghamton; the Syracuse Binghamton and New York Railroad to Syracuse; and the Oswego and Syracuse Railroad to Osweg