[2] Twice Captain Samuels sailed faster than steamer ships which were increasingly popular for freight during this time.

[3] According to his autobiography, works of James Fenimore Cooper and Frederick Marryat inspired him to run away to sea at the age of 11.

In the book he described all of the topics one would expect from the golden age of the sailing era: storms, shipwrecks, famine, disease, press-gangs, desertion, piracy, violence, mutiny.

He also tells the story of meeting his future wife, Miss Harriet Alice Steele.

[9] He died on 18 May 1908 at age 85 in Brooklyn, New York and is laid to rest at Green-Wood Cemetery.