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January 2 Thursday – In the Brooklyn Eagle, page 3:

The Quaker City Excursion Again—Captain Duncan’s Reply to “Mark Twain.”

 To the Editor of the Brooklyn Eagle:

 I have read Mark Twain’s last in to-day’s EAGLE, and am of opinion that when that letter was written Mark Twain was sober. Yours, truly, C.C. DUNCAN.

Brooklyn, December 31, 1867

Entry Date
Links to Twain's Geography Entries
Pilgrims and Vandals: Day By Day
New York and Washington DC 1867-68 - Day By Day
DBD: 1868

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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