March 27 Wednesday – Orion received news of his commission as Secretary of Nevada Territory [ET&S 1: 12].
Return to the Alonzo Child: Day By Day
March 28 Thursday – The Alonzo Child left for St. Louis.
March 6 Wednesday – The Alonzo Child arrived in New Orleans with Sam’s pleasure cruise contingent [MTL 1: 118n4].
March 7 Thursday – The likely day that Sam took his mother and the girls around New Orleans in a carriage and rode out to Lake Pontchartrain “in the cars.” See Mar. 18 entry, letter to Orion.
March 8 Friday – The Alonzo Child left for St. Louis with Sam’s pleasure cruise contingent.
May 2 Thursday – The Alonzo Child left for New Orleans.
May 8 Wednesday – The Alonzo Child arrived in New Orleans. This was Sam’s last trip as a steamboat pilot. Captain DeHaven was a rabid secessionist who decided after reaching New Orleans not to return north, forcing Sam to find another way home.
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