December 13 Monday – Sam and Horace Bixby left St. Louis on the Aleck Scott (709 tons) under Captain Robert A. Reilly. Sam remarked on the Aleck Scott: I will remark, in passing, that Mississippi steamboatmen were important in landsmen’s eyes (and in their own, too, in a degree) according to the dignity of the boat they were on.

December 13 Monday – Sam and Horace Bixby left St. Louis on the Aleck Scott (709 tons) under Captain Robert A. Reilly. Sam remarked on the Aleck Scott:

December 21 Tuesday– The Aleck Scott arrived in New Orleans.

December 24 Friday – The Aleck Scott left New Orleans.

January 1 Saturday – The Aleck Scott arrived in St. Louis.

January 4 Tuesday – The Aleck Scott left for New Orleans.

January 11 Tuesday – The Aleck Scott arrived in New Orleans.

January 15 Saturday – The Aleck Scott left for St. Louis.

January 27 Thursday – The Aleck Scott arrived in St. Louis.

February 1 Tuesday – The Aleck Scott left for New Orleans.

February 11 Friday – The Aleck Scott arrived in New Orleans

February 16 Wednesday – The Aleck Scott left for St. Louis

February 27 Sunday – The Aleck Scott arrived in St. Louis

March 1 Tuesday – The Aleck Scott left for New Orleans.

March 8 Tuesday – The Aleck Scott arrived in New Orleans

March 9 and 11 Friday – In New Orleans, Sam began a long letter to sister Pamela Moffett, that he finished on Mar. 11. He wrote of the Mardi Gras, and Maria Piccolomini, an Italian “princess” singer
Here, in part:
. . . . [first part not extant]

March 11 Friday – In New Orleans, Clemens finished the Mar. 9 letter to his sister:
New Orleans, Friday 11th.

March 19 Saturday – The Aleck Scott arrived in St. Louis

March 21 Monday – The Aleck Scott left for New Orleans.

March 27 Sunday – The Aleck Scott arrived in New Orleans

March 31 Thursday – The Aleck Scott left for St. Louis

April 8 Friday – The Aleck Scott arrived in St. Louis