June 25, 1875 Friday | Twain's Geography

Submitted by scott on Thu, 01/12/2023 - 05:45

June 25 Friday – In Hartford Sam replied to Howells about the typewriter that Howells wanted to borrow. Sam had traded the machine to Bliss for “a twelve-dollar saddle worth $25.”

“…the machine is at Bliss’s, grimly pursuing its appointed mission, slowly & implacably rotting away another man’s chance for salvation” [MTL 6: 499].

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Fri, 06/25/1875 - 12:00

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Hartford House: Day By Day

DBD: Hartford 1874 to Summer of 1875

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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.