March 17, 1890 Monday

March 17 Monday – In Hartford on or just after this day Sam responded to J.S. Butchelder’s Mar. 16’s query about the paper change made in Mark Twain’s Scrap-Book [MTP].

Sam also wrote to thank Andrew Carnegie for books sent, including Carnegie’s Triumphant Democracy: or Fifty Years’ March of the Republic, which Sam claimed “help to fire me up for my last book” (CY).

I am reading it again, now, & firing up for a lecture which I want to deliver on the other side one of these years. I get a little impatient sometimes, waiting for the auction of thrones… [MTP;Gribben 131].

Brevoort House, N.Y.

When Henry Brevoort, Jr. built his free-standing house on the northwest corner of Fifth Avenue and 8th Street in 1834, he and his wife, Laura, were separated from society.  The fashionable residential neighborhood stretched east from Broadway, blocks from the plot his father had given him on which to build.  A descendant later recalled that Henry felt "very much in the woods and quite out of it."

Booth's Theatre

Booth's Theatre was a theatre in New York built by actor Edwin Booth. Located on the southeast corner of 23rd Street and Sixth Avenue, Booth's Theatre opened on February 3, 1869.

Bloomington, Indiana

The area in which Bloomington is situated was previously inhabited by the Delaware, Potawatomi, Miami, and Eel River Miami.

Bloomington was platted in 1818. A post office has been in operation at Bloomington since 1825. Bloomington was incorporated in 1827.

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Mention of Bloomfield, IN is a mistake.  In August of 1853 Sam took Frink's Stage to Bloomington, IL.  Sam's letter to his mother states that he went to Bloomington, Il.

Bloemendaal

Bloemendaal is a municipality and town in the Western Netherlands, in the province of North Holland. Bloemendaal is, together with Wassenaar, the wealthiest place in the Netherlands. It is located just west of Haarlem, on the North Sea.

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Blind Asylum, NY

The block of land stretching from Ninth to Eighth Avenues, between 33rd and 34th Streets, was acquired and in 1831 the New York Asylum for the Blind was completed.    In the undeveloped area north of the city, the residents and pupils would enjoy the refreshing open air and sunshine.    The structure filled the Ninth Avenue blockfront, while behind a grassy expanse provided park-like grounds.

The Bible House, NY

What was Bible House? In the late 19th and early 20th century, you wouldn’t have to ask.

This six-story building at Astor Place and East Ninth Street between Third and Fourth Avenues was the imposing headquarters of the American Bible Society, an organization devoted to printing and distributing millions of bibles.

Bible House, the city’s first cast-iron building, went up in 1853, replacing the group’s older headquarters on Nassau Street.

Bethlehem, New Hampshire

Bethlehem is a hillside town in Grafton County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 2,484 at the 2020 census. It is home to Cushman and Strawberry Hill state forests. The eastern half of the town is within the White Mountain National Forest. The Appalachian Trail crosses a small portion of the town in the south.

Bellefonte, PA

The early development of Bellefonte had been as a "natural town." It started with one house and a crossroad, then iron was found and the town grew.

As the years went by, Bellefonte boomed and soon became the most influential town between Pittsburgh and Harrisburg.

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