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August 6 Saturday – Sam telegraphed from Elmira to Franklin Whitmore.

“BROKE AN AXLE EIGHT HOURS FROM NEW YORK AND TWENTY FIVE MILES FROM HOME LAY STILL & ROASTED TWO HOURS REACHED HOME AT NINE, PM EVERYBODY IS BRIGHT AND WELL TODAY” [MTP]

Entry Date
Links to Twain's Geography Entries
Home at Hartford: Day By Day
Summer 1881: Day By Day
DBD: Summer of 1881

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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