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December 13 Monday – Sam and Horace Bixby left St.
Aleck Scott: Day By Day
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