August 18 Wednesday – The John H. Dickey left St. Louis.
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August 21 Saturday – The John H. Dickey left Memphis.
August 25 Wednesday – The John H. Dickey left St. Louis.
August 28 Saturday – The John H. Dickey left Memphis.
August 30 Monday – Sam dated the article he signed as “Rambler” this day [Branch, “Dickey” 196]. This was the same pen name Sam had used for the Hannibal Journal from Apr. 29 through May 14, 1853.
September 1 Wednesday – Sam’s article was printed in the St. Louis Missouri Democrat using the pen name “Rambler” [Branch, “Dickey” 196]. The John H. Dickey left St. Louis.
September 4 Saturday – The John H. Dickey left Memphis
September 8 Wednesday – The John H. Dickey left St. Louis.
September 11 Saturday – The John H. Dickey left Memphis.
September 12 Sunday – Heavy fog delayed the Dickey’s arrival in St. Louis [Branch, “Dickey” 198].
September 15 Wednesday – The John H. Dickey left St. Louis.
September 16 Thursday – The John H. Dickey laid over at Cairo for six hours, where Senator Stephen A. Douglas was speaking in his campaign against Abraham Lincoln [Branch “Dickey” 198].
September 18 Saturday – The John H. Dickey left Memphis.
September 22 Wednesday – The John H. Dickey left St. Louis.
September 25 Saturday – The John H. Dickey left Memphis.
September 29 Wednesday – The John H. Dickey left St. Louis.
October 2 Saturday – The John H. Dickey left Memphis.
October 5 Tuesday – The John H. Dickey arrived at St. Louis and unloaded 1006 bales of cotton, “the largest lot brought on any one boat this season” [Branch, “Dickey” 198].
October 6 Wednesday – The John H. Dickey left St. Louis.
October 9 Saturday – The John H. Dickey left Memphis.
October 13 Wednesday – The John H. Dickey left St. Louis.
October 16 Saturday – The John H. Dickey left Memphis.
October 20 Wednesday – The Dickey was laid up for repairs, so Sam and probably Sam Bowen and Captain Able, made the St. Louis to Memphis run on the White Cloud (345 tons).
October 22 Friday – Sam’s article was printed in the St. Louis Missouri Republican using the signature “C” [Branch, “Dickey” 199-200]. Note: MTPO Notes on Aug. 1, 1876 to Cist calls this “chatty river correspondence.”
October 23 Saturday – The White Cloud left Memphis.