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December 15 Monday  Sam gave his “Roughing It on the Silver Frontier” lecture at the Queen’s Concert Rooms, London [MTPO].

Sam finished the Dec. 13 letter to Livy. At the urging of Moncure Conway, he also wrote to Alfred Lord Tennyson sending complimentary tickets [MTL 5: 519].

John Colburne of the Temple Club wrote a short note informing Clemens he’d been “on the nomination of Colℓ. Rowland, unanimously elected an Honorary Member of the Club” [MTPO]. Note: Sam replied Dec. 16.

Lady Mary Northcliffe wrote to thank Sam, somewhat belatedly, for a signed GA with inscription [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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