Submitted by scott on

March 19 Friday – Sam gave a deposition in a lawsuit (Klineflelter, et al, vs. Vicksburg) over the collision between the Pennsylvania and the Vicksburg on Nov. 26, 1857. See that entry. Sam was a steersman on the Pennsylvania at that time [Marleau, “Eyewitness” 18]

Entry Date
Links to Twain's Geography Entries
Sam Clemens on the Mississippi: Day By Day
Pennsylvania - 1858: Day By Day
DBD: 1858

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