May 3, 1848 | Twain's Geography

Submitted by scott on Sun, 10/31/2021 - 17:24

May 3 Wednesday – 24-year-old Joseph Ament purchased the Hannibal Gazette and moved his Missouri Courier to Hannibal. He established his newspaper in the second-floor Gazette offices on Main Street, over Brittingham’s Drugstore [Dempsey 155]. The merged papers went under the name of the Hannibal Gazette [Benson 2].

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Wed, 05/03/1848 - 04:07

Links to Twain's Geography Entries

The Hannibal Years: Day By Day

In Sam's Boyhood Home - Day By Day

DBD: 1848

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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.