Emphasizes his life in Philadelphia and Haddington College, his attempts to meet young ladies, and his trip by train, stagecoach and steamboat from Pennsylvania to Missouri.
"Conestoga Navigation Lock No. 6 (Lock No. 8) is recommended not eligible for individual listings in the National Register of Historic Places. Further, Conestoga Navigation Lock No. 6 (Lock No. 8) is recommended not eligible for listing in the NRHP as a contributing feature of a larger non-contiguous historic district."