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1866 Tuesday January 16 Miss River [and unclear]. Clear & cold all day though pleasant aboard. Passed New Madrid & the other places of interest on the river & shall be in Cairo (probably) about dark. Find today ice running in the river in considerable quantities. A good feeling seems to prevail aboard & the trip is a pleasant one though I shall feel delighted when at home once more Took sleeping car & a bunk with Rev. Shepherd the Episcopal clergyman from Mont Montgomery Ala. On the trip became acquainted with Rev. McCullough of near Austin Texas who told me of my friend Baldwin of Indianola?