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June 8 Sunday – Clara Clemens’ tenth birthday.

Sam wrote in German to Edward K. Root. Translated by Sotheby’s:

Dear Doctor: The next meeting will be taking place here on Thursday at eight o’clock. This evening we have made a change ?? the lecture consists only of 1_ pages of Schiller’s ‘Der Verbrecher aüs verbornen Ehne,’ and did not start at the beginning, but with the 7th paragraph of the story where one reads the following: ‘Christian Wolf Warder owner of a restaurant ? [Sotheby’s auction June 19, 2003, Lot 134].

Sam wrote from Hartford to Charles Webster—no, he wanted a:

“…special sleeping car—dern the drawing room car…leaving Hoboken the morning of Wednesday the 18th …Provide a comfortable chair for Livy, Charley—she doesn’t like the sleeping-car seats” [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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