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Mon, 13 Sep 2021 20:35:08 -0700
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Thanks for the heads-up on that article - and the one next to it about 
his cub years.

On 9/13/21 6:03 PM, Barbara Schmidt wrote:
> Scott,
>
> The 1857 dates were first proposed by Edgar Branch. More recent research by
> Michael Marleau indicates the year 1859 was the most likely dates of
> service on that boat in the company of Capt. William B. Miller.  See this
> online article for the RUFUS J. LACKLAND.
>
> http://www.twainquotes.com/Steamboats/LicensedPilot.html
>
> Fears’s compilation was evidently based on Branch’s older research and not
> the updated research of Marleau.
>
> Barb

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