# Samson — Travel Essays character guide

> Samson in Travel Essays by Robert Louis Stevenson.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Samuel, Kong Sam Kee, The Kong Sam Kee, Sam

**First appearance:** 0084-san-francisco

## Who they are

A Chinese merchant or character in California.

## In the story

### [Calistoga](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/i-calistoga)

Kong Sam Kee, the Chinese laundryman, is noted as a business in Calistoga.

### [A Starry Drive](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/a-starry-drive)

Kong Sam Kee, the Calistoga washerman who attempts to procure a China-boy for the narrator but ultimately fails.

### [Toils and Pleasures](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/travel_essays_se/chapters/toils-and-pleasures)

Sam is mentioned as the one who takes lessons and later works on a printing press at the Chinaman's house.

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