Washington D.C.

Sam Clemens' first visit was in February of 1854.  He returned again in 1867.

November 24 & 25, 1884: Twain and Cable stayed in Washington D.C. the nights of the 24th and 25th, leaving for Philadelphia the morning of the 26th. 

February 28, 1885

Cincinnati, Ohio

Sam Clemens arrived in Cincinnati from Keokuk, Iowa in October of 1856.  He worked as a printer for T. Wrightson & Co. at 167 Walnut St.  He stayed at a boardinghouse at 76 Walnut St.  He wrote two letters to the Keokuk Post using the name Thomas Jefferson Snodgrass.  On February 16, 1857, he boarded the Paul Jones and left the city for New Orleans, where he became Bixby's cub.

He returned to the city as part of the Twain-Cable Tour, January 1885.

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