August 20 Tuesday – From Sam’s notebook:
New Palace on the Asiatic side of the beautiful Bosphorus (3 m. wide,) is built on spot where
Constantine erected gold cross to commemorate his conversion. When Turks took the place & began
to build, many thought he would declare himself Christian when finished, & waited to baptize their
Children then. They are waiting yet.
Dan & Jack Van Nostrand have remained behind in Constantinople [MTNJ 1: 402].
Sam’s unsigned article, “The Holy Land Excursionists” dated Aug. 1, ran in the New York
Herald [Camfield, bibliog.].
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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.