I managed to obtain a copy of this letter and will see about adding a description of the journey across the isthmus to my project. On Sat, 2020-04-18 at 15:55 -0700, scott wrote: > I found this reference while reading letters on the Mark Twain > Project: > Davis, Chester L. 1967. “Letter to Paine from John P. Vollmer.” > Twainian 26 (March-April): 3–4. > > This is said to contain a description of the trip from Aspinwall to > Panama City, across the Isthmus of Panama. I'm unable to find any > copies of the journal cited and am hoping someone might be able to > send > me a copy of Vollmer's description of this trip. > > Thanks...