November 30 Tuesday – Sam’s 23 rd birthday.

November 29 Monday – New Falls City left for St. Louis.

November 26 Friday – New Falls City arrived in New Orleans.

November 19 Friday – New Falls City left for New Orleans.

November 17 Wednesday– New Falls City arrived in St. Louis.

November 10 Wednesday – New Falls City left for St. Louis.

November 8 Monday – New Falls City arrived in New Orleans.

October 30 Saturday – Sam left St. Louis on the New Falls City (880 tons; built in January of that year, the largest ship Sam served on. Sam took passage on the boat in January as well) Pilot Horace Bixby, Captain James B. Woods.

October 24 Sunday – Sam’s article, “Memphis—The Cotton Trade—Illinois Politics—What Tennessee Thinks of Them,” was printed in the Memphis Daily Appeal [Branch, “Dickey” 201].

October 23 Saturday – The White Cloud left Memphis.