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Ogdensburg, New York
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Hornell, NY
What is now Hornell was first settled in 1790 under the name "Upper Canisteo", to distinguish it from the community of Canisteo, then known as "Lower Canisteo". The family of Benjamin Crosby were the first settlers in what is now Hornell. The area was incorporated as a town in 1820, as "Hornellsville." The name comes from early settler George Hornell Jr, who built the first gristmill here.
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Jamestown, New York
July 14, 1871 Friday – Sam wrote a short note from Elmira to James Redpath not to schedule him at Jamestown, New York, the scene of a poor lecture on Jan. 21, 1870. “I suppose all lecturers hate that place” [MTL 4: 435].
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New Haven, CT
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Williamsport, Pennsylvania
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Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
To Olivia L. Clemens
15 October 1871 • Bethlehem, Pa.
Bethlehem, SundayLivy darling, I got here at 4 oclock yesterday afternoon. It is now nearly noon, & still I don’t feel moved to begin studying my lecture1—so the wisdom of coming here so soon, is apparent. It is better that this feeling should be on me today than tomorrow. By tomorrow I shall be rested up & brisk.
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Allentown, Pennsylvania
In the early 1700s, the land now occupied by the city of Allentown and Lehigh County was a wilderness of scrub oak where neighboring tribes of Native Americans fished for trout and hunted for deer, grouse, and other game.
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Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania
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Wilmington, Delaware
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Pawtucket, Rhode Island
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Worcester, Massachusetts
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Randolph, Massachusetts
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Manchester, New Hampshire
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Haverhill, Massachusetts
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Portland, Maine
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Lowell, MA
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Philadelphia, PA
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Brooklyn, NY
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Easton, Pennsylvania
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Reading, Pennsylvania
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Albany, New York
The Hudson River area was originally inhabited by Algonquian-speaking Mohican (Mahican), who called it Pempotowwuthut-Muhhcanneuw.[7] The area was settled by Dutch colonists who, in 1614, built Fort Nassau for fur trading and, in 1624, built
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Newark, New Jersey
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Oswego, New York
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Honolulu, Hawaii
The more he sees of Honolulu, the better he likes it. A delightfully colorful contrast to San Francisco, it has bright-colored houses, flowers, huge trees, comely women, and millions of cats.
Honolulu has no regular livery stable, so one must hire wretched horses from Kanaka - who are unprincipled horse traders.