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July 26 Thursday – Jean Clemens’ 26 birthday.

Isabel Lyon’s journal: “This morning Jean called Mr. Clemens an old sinner & he said, ‘Yes, Adam & I go out every Sunday morning with a basket & gather all the apples we can find!’” [MTP TS 100].

Donchian Brothers, Importers of Oriental rugs, NYC wrote to Sam with a quote of $381.50 for repairing the rugs from his Fifth Ave. house [MTP].

Charles J. Langdon wrote to Sam enclosing a draft for $22.17 for 1/3 share of rent for the Buffalo property on Erie Basin for July 1906 [MTP].

July 26 ca. – In Dublin, N.H. Isabel V. Lyon replied for Sam to Donchian Bros., New York rug importers. “Told him to put them in a $250 state of repair. / I.V.L.” [MTP].

Day By Day Acknowledgment

Mark Twain Day By Day was originally a print reference, meticulously created by David Fears, who has generously made this work available, via the Center for Mark Twain Studies, as a digital edition.   

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