• P. Thompson (Hartford merchant), 524, 525, 552, 557, 731
  • Pacific Mail Steamship Co., 184, 311, 373, 573, 575
  • Packard, Silas S., 352, 353, 372
  • Packard’s Monthly, 343, 351, 352, 355, 358, 372
  • Paddock, Cornelia, Mrs., 1034
  • Padua, Italy, 264, 266
  • Pahala, Maui, 211
  • Paige electric telegraphic apparatus, 1331, 1333, 1352, 1358, 1368
  • Paige stockholder meeting, 1154
  • Paige typesetter, 892, 988, 1019, 1020, 1022, 1023, 1024, 1025, 1026, 1027, 1035, 1037, 1040, 1041, 1043, 1047, 1048, 1061, 1129, 1150, 1319, 1320, 1331, 1338, 1354, 1355, 1360, 1361, 1366, 1367, 1369, 1378, 1382, 1386
  • Paige, James W., 1129, 1143, 1333, 1352, 1360, 1381
  • Paine, Albert Bigelow, 8, 14, 19, 30, 34, 35, 36, 37, 44, 46, 47, 64, 79, 80, 89, 100, 112, 121, 141, 150, 159, 173, 176, 196, 251, 290, 291, 299, 302, 304, 316, 324, 389, 405, 414, 479, 518, 538, 540, 548, 552, 591, 714, 716, 735, 744, 864, 865, 980, 1006, 1023, 1033, 1076, 1163, 1172, 1263, 1280, 1314, 1326, 1363
  • Paine, Charles B., 1065
  • Paint-Brush (mule), 92
  • Pall Mall Gazette, 1175
  • Palmer Home Life Bible, 1106
  • Palmer House, Chicago, 876, 878
  • Palmer, Charles T.H., 1115, 1118
  • Palmer, Courtlandt, 1341, 1342, 1367, 1368
  • Palmer, of Wells, Fargo & Co, 137
  • Palmer, Sorin, 385
  • Palmyra, Mo., 8, 13
  • Pamelia, Aunt, 23
  • Panama, 184, 221, 305, 312, 314
  • Panama City, Panama, 305
  • Panic of 1837, 2, 7
  • Panic of 1873, 576, 673
  • Papyrus Club, Boston, 895, 974, 1125
  • Paradiese. Roman in Sieben Buchern, In (1876) by Paul von Heyse, 847
  • Pardee, Charles I., 526
  • Paris Exposition of 1867, 243
  • Paris Exposition of 1878, 855
  • Paris Kentuckian
  • Reviewed Twins of Genius, 1279
  • Paris World’s Fair (1866), 216
  • Paris, France, 262, 263, 410, 539, 550, 848, 856, 857, 859, 860, 861, 862, 863
  • Paris, Ill., 475
  • Paris, Ky., 1279, 1281
  • Paris, Mo., 2, 40
  • Parish, Emma, 604, 609, 617, 619
  • Park & Tilford (N.Y. grocers), 884, 917, 934, 937, 944, 1046, 1069, 1355
  • Park Hotel, Hannibal, 1085
  • Park Theatre, N.Y., 607, 608, 610, 626
  • Parke, James B., Mrs., 425
  • Parker House, Boston, 576, 623, 624, 625, 707, 737, 750, 790
  • Parker, Charles A., 126, 141, 192
  • Parker, Edwin P., 679, 691, 745, 915, 955, 956, 958, 1041, 1043, 1054, 1147, 1158, 1183, 1312
  • Parkhurst, Clinton (Henry), 1139
  • Parkhurst, Wellington Evarts, 1320
  • Parkman, Francis, 885, 905, 1026, 1032
  • Parlor Table Companion, The, 744
  • Parsloe, Charles T., 725, 732, 741, 742, 743, 744, 750, 754, 755, 764, 765, 766, 771, 772, 773, 774, 776, 781, 782, 1216, 1219, 1225
  • Parsons, Francis, 1165
  • Passmore, Louis M., 1250, 1253
  • Pastoral Days, etc. (1881) by Wm. Gibson, 955
  • Pat Lynch’s Saloon, Va. City, 137
  • Patent Engraving Co, New York, 1249
  • Patent Office, U.S.. See U.S. Patent Office
  • Paterson, N.J., 480, 483
  • Paton, W.A., 1338, 1341, 1370
  • Patterson, Al, 1086
  • Patterson, Andrew Dickson, 1269
  • Patterson, C.A., 799
  • Patterson, James B., 1147
  • Patterson, Joe, 1098
  • Patterson, Uncle Billy, 74
  • Patterson, Virginia S., 605
  • Patterson, William S., 46
  • Patti, Adelina, 542
  • Paty, John (Captain), 219
  • Paul, John. See Harte, Bret
  • Paulet, George, 222
  • Pauline (unknown sweetheart), 285
  • Pavey family in Hannibal, 4
  • Pavey family of St. Louis, 37, 39, 735, 1285
  • Pavey, Napoleon W. (Pole), 1285
  • Pavey’s Hotel (Hannibal), 4
  • Pawtucket, R.I., 386
  • Paxon, Corey E., 889
  • Payton, William, 1033, 1040, 1041, 1150
  • Pearce, Harriet H. (Mrs. William W. Pearce), 380
  • Pebbles and Pearls for the Young Folks (1868) by Abby Richardson, 622
  • Peck, E.B., 1055
  • Pedestal Fund Exhibition, 1186
  • Peirce College of Business, 1320
  • Peirce, Thomas May, 1320
  • Pelham, Arthur, 564
  • Peltier, Pierre D., 872
  • Pemberton-Hinks, Mrs., 1194
  • Pen d’Oreille Lakes, Idaho, 201
  • Pendennis Club, Louisville, 1282, 1283, 1284
  • Penn, Mrs., 3
  • Pennoyer, A.S. (dramatic agent), 772
  • Penosbscott, H. Peet, M.D., 999
  • Pentecost, George L., 806
  • Peoria National Democrat, 334
  • Peoria, Ill., 334
  • Pepy’s Diary, 591
  • Pepys, Samuel, 518, 541, 684, 865, 1194, 1354
  • Perkins family, 640
  • Perkins, Charles E., 488, 490, 491, 492, 493, 522, 586, 589, 590, 591, 593, 596, 598, 599, 602, 607, 634, 653, 665, 713, 714, 716, 717, 719, 720, 730, 731, 733, 734, 735, 740, 742, 744, 746, 753, 754, 756, 762, 764, 765, 766, 768, 769, 770, 772, 773, 774, 779, 780, 781, 782, 783, 785, 790, 793, 794, 806, 824, 826, 853, 861, 862, 863, 869, 876, 901, 924, 926, 930, 934, 935, 936, 941, 952, 965, 970, 974, 999, 1039, 1111, 1112, 1116, 1119, 1126, 1132, 1143, 1153, 1230
  • Perkins, Eli. See Landon, Melville D.
  • Perkins, Lucy Adams (Mrs. Charles Perkins), 674, 760, 817, 931
  • Perkins, Mary Russell, Miss, 640, 733, 911
  • Permenter, F.J., 1164
  • Perry, Edward C. (Major), 160
  • Perry, Jack (Marshal), 126, 134
  • Perry, Thomas Sergeant, 1229
  • Critiqued Sam’s humor, 1169
  • Personal History of Ulysses S. Grant, A by A.D. Richardson, 314
  • Personal Remembrances by Sir Frederick Pollock, 541
  • Peru, S. Am., 611
  • Petaluma Argus, 231, 232
  • Petaluma Journal, 231, 232
  • Petaluma, Ca., 231
  • Peter Henderson (N.Y. Florist), 730
  • Pfersdorff, Hugo, 91, 92
  • Phelps, Charles H., 906, 911
  • Phelps, Roswell H., 1044, 1064, 1065, 1072, 1073, 1074, 1077, 1085
    • Left Sam at Hannibal, 1086
  • Phelps, W.W., 808
  • Phila. Hospital for the Insane, 1311
  • Philadelphia Academy of Music, 624
  • Philadelphia American Courier, 24, 25
  • Philadelphia Daily Evening Telegraph, 285
  • Philadelphia Ledger, 36, 1321
  • Philadelphia Press, 610, 1127, 1264
  • Philadelphia Public Ledger, 1331
  • Philadelphia Sunday Republic, 719
  • Philadelphia Sunday School, 1039
  • Philadelphia Times, 1166
  • Philadelphia Typographical Union No. 2 Ball, 34
  • Philadelphia, Pa., 34, 35, 36, 371, 425, 457, 469, 483, 492, 507, 522, 576, 713, 716, 717, 737, 876, 1042, 1088, 1246, 1260, 1306, 1320, 1321
  • Philharmonic Hall, Winona, 1293
  • Phillips, Horatio G. (Raish), 86, 89, 90, 100, 102, 105, 106, 107, 108
  • Phillips, Wendell, 347, 728
  • Phoenix National Bank, 1125
  • Phoenix, John. See Derby, George
  • Phrenology, 15, 40, 1026
  • Piatt, Donn, 441, 449, 454
  • Picciola by X.B. Saintine, 771
  • Piccolomini, Maria, 63
  • Pierce, Ed, 5
  • Pierce, Henry L., 1216, 1251
  • Pierrepont, Edwards, 808
  • Pierson, (Postmaster, N.Y.C.), 1333
  • Pietz, Genen I., 711
  • Pilgrim’s Progress by Bunyan, 204, 1046, 1060
  • Pilots’ Association, 635
  • Pinero, Arthur Wing, 1144
  • Pinkerton, Alan, 764
  • Pioneer Stage, 139, 227, 230
  • Pioneer, The, 369
  • Pip Pepperwood. See Stoddard, Charles Warren (pen name)
  • Piper’s Opera House, Va. City, 309, 322
  • Piracy of Sam’s works, 735, 771, 1016, 1040, 1130, 1266
  • Piraeus, Greece, 269
  • Pisa, Italy, 265, 266
  • Pistoia, Italy, 265
  • Pitkin, A.B., 948
  • Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph, 1278
  • Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette, 1380
  • Pittsburgh Dispatch, 324, 491
  • Reviewed Twins of Genius, 1278
  • Pittsburgh Gazette, 324, 377
  • Pittsburgh Penny Press, 1278
  • Pittsburgh Post, 1278
  • Pittsburgh, Pa., 48, 315, 323, 324, 375, 376, 377, 403, 481, 876, 1277, 1278
  • Pittsfield, Mass., 870, 1307, 1367, 1370, 1371
  • Pi-Utes, 116, 144
  • Pixley, Carrie, 105
  • Pixley, Frank M., 802, 1132
  • Pixley, Seymour, 150
  • Placer Weekly Courier, 117, 121
  • Plainfield, N.J., 1258
  • Plains of the Great West and Their Inhabitants, The by Richard Dodge, 746
  • Planche, James Robinson
    • Loan of a Lover, The (play), 703
  • Plato’s Dialogues, 652
  • Platt, Sam, 192
  • Platt’s Hall, S.F., 230, 233, 306, 307
  • Pleasant Hours in an Eventful Life by Wm. Stewart, 376
  • Plimpton Mfg. Co., 914
  • Plock & Co., 746
  • Plummer, C.B., 471
  • Plunkett, Joe, 112
  • Plunkett, T.F., 1213, 1216
  • Plunkett, William R., 1370
  • Plymouth Church, Brooklyn, 241, 257, 292, 346, 469
  • Plymouth Church, Indianapolis, 1284, 1299
  • Plymouth Church, Syracuse, 1169
  • Poe, Edgar Allen, 170, 288, 294, 921
  • Police Court, N.Y., 252
  • Police Court, S.F., 160, 161, 162, 163, 167, 170, 171, 191, 196
  • Polk, Milo T., 997
  • Pollerton Castle, Carlow, 708
  • Pollock, Frederick Sir, 541
  • Pomeroy, Samuel C. (Senator, Ks.), 412
  • Pond, Homer, 1295, 1330, 1340
  • Pond, James B., 729, 730, 732, 763, 882, 883, 1142, 1146, 1196, 1200, 1201, 1202, 1203, 1205, 1206, 1208, 1216, 1226, 1230, 1233, 1234, 1235, 1236, 1237, 1238, 1239, 1240, 1241, 1242, 1245, 1246, 1247, 1248, 1249, 1250, 1251, 1252, 1253, 1255, 1256, 1258, 1271, 1274, 1275, 1276, 1286, 1287, 1296, 1297, 1298, 1311, 1322, 1323, 1326, 1328, 1330, 1334, 1340, 1386, 1388, 1394
    • Announced Twins of Genius tour, 1238
    • Signed Sam & Cable for tour, 1246
  • Pond, Nella B. (Mrs. Ozias W. Pond), 1216, 1305
  • Pond, Ozias W., 1216, 1268, 1271, 1281, 1282, 1284, 1286, 1287, 1294, 1297, 1298, 1303, 1305
    • Heart attack, 1293
  • Pontchartrain, Lake, 78, 79
  • Poole, Edward A. (Captain), 200, 310
  • Pooler, William, 111
  • Pope Leo XIII
    • Biography of, 1390, 1392, 1394
  • Pope, Charles A.
    • Suicide, 413
  • Pope, Charles P., 158, 598, 600, 605
  • Popular History of France, A by Guizot, 588
  • Popular History of the United States, A by Bryant & Gay, 1212
  • Popular Science Monthly, 966, 968
  • Porter, Charles Ethan, 1028, 1061, 1153, 1158
  • Porter, Horace, 1132
  • Porter, Robert B., 1377
  • Porter, Sarah, Miss, 733
  • Portfolio, An Artistic Periodical, The (London), 1143
  • Portland, Maine, 387, 468, 469
  • Portland, Pa., 1357
  • Portsmouth Square, S.F., 130
  • Portsmouth, N. H., 609
  • Post, Dan, 363
  • Potter, Edward T. (architect), 587, 589, 591, 602, 613, 646, 654, 657, 661, 1067, 1069, 1092
  • Potter, Helen, 456
  • Pottery and Porcelain of All Times and Nations (1878) by Wm. Prime, 787
  • Pottier & Stymus Mfg. Co. of Buffalo, 468
  • Poughkeepsie, N.Y., 316, 384, 1325, 1327
  • Power’s Island, 68
  • Powers, Preston, 872
  • Prang & Co., 1203
  • Prang, Louis, 419, 441
  • Press Club Dinner, N.Y., 353
  • Press Club Dinner, Washington, D.C., 300
  • Press Club of Chicago, 905, 909, 957
    • Sam’s inspiration for, 878, 879
  • Price, A.J., 29
  • Price, Sterling (Confed. Gen.), 80, 170
  • Pride, Sam, 127
  • Priestly, Stephen, 1079
  • Prime, William C., 1395
  • Primitive Man by Louis Figuier, 457
  • Prince and the Pauper, The, 13, 17, 687, 724, 727, 765, 787, 801, 870, 892, 898, 900, 934, 935, 936, 946, 947, 953, 956, 965, 966, 969, 971, 977, 981, 996, 999, 1002, 1004, 1005, 1006, 1007, 1008, 1010, 1012, 1014, 1016, 1018, 1019, 1020, 1022, 1024, 1025, 1027, 1028, 1029, 1030, 1033, 1034, 1035, 1038, 1039, 1047, 1048, 1051, 1052, 1054, 1058, 1061, 1072, 1089, 1092, 1192, 1212, 1270
    • English copyright, 1035
    • Error in, 1021
    • Play by Hartford children, 1273, 1323, 1395
    • Poor sales of, 1055, 1114
    • Review by Parker, 1043
    • Special edition, 1003, 1028, 1043
  • Prince and the Pauper, The (play), 1205, 1223, 1224
  • Princess Louise, 1162, 1164
  • Princeton, Ill., 474
  • Printers’ Free Library and Reading Room, NYC, 33
  • Prisoners Friends’ Corp., 710
  • Progressive Religious and Social Poems by Geo. Vaughan, 735
  • Protestant Orphan Asylum Benefit, 338
  • Providence Journal, 664
  • Providence, R.I., 378, 738, 1256, 1258
  • Prudence Palfrey by T.B. Aldrich, 579
  • Prytania Street Presbyterian Church, N.O., 1079
  • Psychical Research Society, 1247, 1251
  • Puck Magazine, 1330
  • Pudd’nhead Wilson, 1357
  • Pugh, Thomas B., 425, 466, 483, 507, 521, 522, 525, 545, 599, 625
  • Pulham, Charles M., 799
  • Punch, 549, 564
  • Purmoil, S., 233
  • Put-In-Bay Island Wine Co., 913, 980, 1097
  • Putnam Phalanx Market (Hartford grocers), 502, 503, 505, 509, 781, 872
  • Putnam, Charles A.V., 112, 122, 142, 979
  • Putnam, George Haven, 805, 806, 807
  • Pyramids at Giza, 280, 332