• Detroit, MI

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    Interviewed "The Funny Men in Bed"  Detroit Post, 17 December 1884, p4  In "Mark Twain: The Complete Interviews" (#26)

  • Calcutta, India (Kolkata)

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    February 7 Friday – The Clemens party ... arrived in Calcutta at 7 a.m. [NB 36 TS 39] . They took rooms at the Hotel Continental [Parsons “MT India” 85].

    March 26 Thursday – At 7 a.m. the Clemens party sailed from Calcutta on the S.S. Wardha bound for Ceylon. Before reaching the sea, however, they had to negotiate the Hooghly River. Sam’s notebook:

  • Padua, Italy

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    Sam and companions merely passed through by train on their way to Venice, July 20, 1867.
    Mark Twain Project: Quaker City Itinerary

  • Lahore, Pakistan

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    March 18 Wednesday – The Clemens party arrived in Lahore at 5 a.m. [NB 36 TS 57]. Parsons writes,
    The next jaunt was to Lahore, capital of the Punjab. Raised like Troy on the rubble of its dead selves, Old Lahore had monuments and bases of Hindu temples and Mohammedan mosques which had sunk under a seven to twelve foot encrustation of time. It was a travel commonplace that the best way to

  • Delhi, India

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    March 16 Monday – The Clemens party arrived in Delhi at half-past midnight. They stayed with Mr. and Mrs. Burne of the Bank of Bengal, “in the great old mansion built by a rich orientalized Englishman” [Ahluwalia 19; NB 36 TS 57].
    (Fears)

  • Jaipur, India

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    The city of Jaipur was founded in 1727 by Jai Singh II, the Raja of Amer who ruled from 1699 to 1743. He planned to shift his capital from Amer, 11 kilometres (7 mi) from Jaipur to accommodate the growing population and increasing scarcity of water. Jai Singh consulted several books on architecture and architects while planning the layout of Jaipur. Under the architectural guidance of Vidyadhar Bhattacharya, Jaipur was planned based on the principles of Vastu shastra and Shilpa Shastra.

  • Seattle, WA

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    Seattle's location, harbor, and commercial development made it a logical place for the Great Northern's terminus, and Hill had the good sense to engage the persuasive and influential Thomas Burke as his local agent. Having previously achieved the creation of Railroad Avenue, Burke had little difficulty persuading the city council -- over the vociferous objections of the Northern Pacific -- to give the Great Northern a 60-foot right-of-way down the middle of the wood-planked roadway.

  • Poona, India (Pune)

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    January 29 Wednesday – Sam and Carlyle G. Smythe made a “flying trip” to Poona, returning to Bombay the following morning. Sam’s notebook:
    Jan. 29. Left for Poona — (southeast).
    At the mountain station of Lonauli — 12.30 am, was given that remarkable circus bill. Been passing through ghats since 10 or 11 (now 12.30) [NB 36 TS 28]. (Fears)

    "...five hours away to the southeast by train. Smythe went with him; Livy and Clara stayed behind at the Watson's Hotel." (Strathcarron)

  • Christchurch, New Zealand

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    Christchurch (/ˈkraɪstʃɜːrtʃ/; Māori: Ōtautahi) is the largest city in the South Island of New Zealand and the seat of the Canterbury Region. The Christchurch urban area lies on the South Island's east coast, just north of Banks Peninsula. It is home to 389,700 residents, making it New Zealand's third most-populous urban area behind Auckland and Wellington.