Mark Twain Day by Day
An Annotated Chronology
Of the Life of Samuel L. Clemens
Volume Two (1886-1896)

David H. Fears
© 2009 David H Fears
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Acknowledgments

Thanks to my wife, Kimberley for her love and support. Special thanks to Thomas A. Tenney for his continual support, anecdotes, materials, and advice. Special thanks to JoDee Benussi for sharing mountains of paper and extra books, for her continual patience while comparing entries and her exacting editing skills. Ms. Benussi has been a valuable and critical resource to this work. A good, snarky editor is a prize, especially one who nudges you where you don’t wish to go. If she had been paid what she is worth, I would be bankrupt.

† ­ With this volume the dagger designates this editor’s estimate of date or place. These may ultimately be confirmed or revised by future esearchers, and are solely this editor’s calculation or opinion. There may also be many sections where estimates are made from several sources and the dagger not used.

‡ – The double dagger designates in-text corrections made after the first print run; these are also listed in Addenda & Errata sections at the front of each volume after the first print run.

Note: Additions and corrections since the first print run in April, 2009. New material and corrections of old material are ongoing. This work is never “finished.” I wish to provide up to date information with each book sold. – D.H. Fears

Spelling correction throughout: – Katharine I. Harrison, not “Katherine.” (applied in this print run.)

March to May, 1886 – Sam wrote a sketch unpublished until 2009: “The Snow-Shovelers” [Who Is Mark Twain? xxiv]. See also MTNJ 3: 232&n18, 358&n186, 369&n217.

He was as shy as a newspaper is when referring to its own merits –FE ch 6

“Classic.” A book which people praise and don’t read. –FE ch. 25

There are two times in a man’s life when he should not speculate: when he can’t afford it, and when he can. –FE ch. 56

There are several good protections against temptations, but the surest is cowardice. –FE ch. 36

Often, the surest way to convey misinformation is to tell the strict truth. –FE ch. 59

Note: First print runs often contain egregious errors and omissions. In the interest of historical accuracy, several errors have been corrected since the first print run of Vol. I, and, together with accumulated additions and notes, are summarized here; they are also included here Vol. II.

Corrected spellings: “Wooley” has been changed to “Woolley,” both for Hartford undertakers and Hartford livery services. William T. Hamersley has been changed to William J. Hamersley (James). 

Ahluwalia, Harsharan Singh. “Mark Twain in India.” Mark Twain Journal. 34.1 (1996): all.

Albin, Craig. “Luck.” Mark Twain Encyclopedia. New York: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1993.

Allingham, Philip V. “Mark Twain in Winnipeg, Manitoba: July 26-28, 1895.” Mark Twain Journal 36.2 (1998): 2-12.

Abshire, Janet L. “Snodgrass, Thomas Jefferson.” The Mark Twain Encyclopedia. New York: Garland Publishing, Inc., 1993: 694.

The index is organized alphabetically, not chronologically. The following have not been indexed: fictional characters, newspaper articles and subheadings, all subjects of all letters, whether paraphrased, summarized, or quoted.

  • A. Marwick Jr. & Co. (Hartford Druggist), 77, 145, 197, 263
  • A.D. Vorce & Co., 153, 184
  • A.L. Bancroft & Co. of S.F., 499
  • A.W.P.
  • B. Altman (Dry goods), 154, 174, 184, 185, 212, 213, 235
  • Babcock, W.H., 249, 577
  • Baboo English, Pub. by T. Fisher Unwin, 603
  • Bacheller & Co., 80, 83, 415
  • Bacheller, Addison Irving, 90, 95, 127, 128, 676, 967
    • Master of Silence, 80
  • Bachellor & Johnson Syndicate, 752, 967, 968, 969
  • Bachler, Franz, 678
  • Backus, Clara H., 688
  • Bacon, Steuben T., 111, 113
  • Bacon, William T.
  • C.E. Bishop & Co., 177
  • C.F. Dan (Judge), 140
  • C.H. Reade & Co., 177
  • C.L.
  • D.A. Spear (Florist), 177
  • D.S. Brooks & Son (Furnaces), 184
  • d’Ache, Emmanuel Poire Carnan, 842
  • d’Angleterre Hotel, 947, 948, 949, 950, 951, 952
  • D’Arcy, H.A., 511, 512
  • D’Europe Hotel. Avignon, 653
  • d’Henzel, Adrien C., 400
  • Daggett, Rollin M., 8, 92, 192, 241
    • Upset at book delays, 286, 304, 557, 781
  • Daggett, W.H.H., 200
  • Dahlgren, Madeline Vinton, 571, 676
  • Dalby, Henry, 300
  • Dallas, Capt.
  • Earl of Galloway rape case, 425
  • Earll, Charles I. (Draftsman), 220, 337, 539
  • Earll, F.J., 506
  • Earnest, Caroline, 650
  • Earnest, Frank B., 513
  • East London Standard (S. Africa), 1154
  • East London, S. Africa, 1147, 1152, 1153, 1154, 1155
  • East, John, 1
  • Eastern Province Herald, 1156
  • Eastlake, Miss (actress), 150, 558
  • Eastman Photographic Material Co., Paris, 700
  • Eaton & Lewis, 315
  • Eaton, C. Harry, 478
  • Ebbitt House (Wash.
  • F. Schroeder (Mfg. Confectioner), 504
  • F.S. Faxton (Steamship), 1017
  • Fabian Society, 246
  • Fahnstock, Carolyn S., 775
  • Fahnstock, Carolyn S. Mrs., 704, 729, 754
  • Fairbanks, Abel W., 179, 181, 1015
    • Death of, 926, 928
  • Fairbanks, Charles M., 226, 515, 907
  • Fairbanks, Mary Mason, 25, 61, 102, 128, 147, 226, 228, 229, 333, 414, 515, 543, 616, 617, 677, 761, 790, 834, 891, 907, 926, 928, 973, 1015, 1202
  • Fairchild, Charles S., 511, 512, 927
  • Fairchild, Elisabeth N. (Mrs. Charles S.
  • G.& C. Merriam & Co., 592
  • G.A.R history proposed by Lucius Fairchild, 213
  • G.F. Heublein & Brothers, 186
  • G.F. Kellner & Co., 1109
  • G.W. Fuller & Son, 617
  • Gage, L.W., 244
  • Gage, W.L.
  • H. & S.B. Ice Co., 184
  • H. O’Neill & Co. (N.Y. Importers), 266
  • H.C. Gas Co., 204
  • H.E. Patten (Cleaners/Furnaces), 173, 196, 216, 282, 293, 301
  • H.L. Hoyt & Co., 160
  • H.L. Oliver & Son, 204, 224
  • H.M. Smith & Co., 51, 117
  • H.M.S. Orlando, 1061, 1063
  • H.S. Pratt & Co.
  • Iddings, Lewis Morris, 555
  • Idler Magazine (London monthly), 634, 680, 685, 739, 1161, 1168
    • Reviewed PW, 934
  • Idler, The, 694
  • Idylls of the King by Tennyson, 739
  • Ik Marvel.
  • J. Langdon & Co., 61, 101, 167, 198, 202, 208, 388, 397, 401, 449, 518, 526, 534, 779
  • J.G. Rathbun (Pharmacist), 153, 216, 242, 263, 285, 308, 460, 496, 511
  • J.J. Little & Co.,. See Joseph J. Little & Co.
  • J.J. Poole & Co. (Hartford coal dealer), 207, 285, 308, 618
  • J.M. Stoddart & Co., 157, 176, 177
  • J.O. Wright & Co., 218
  • J.P. Haynes (grocer), 154, 166, 177, 216
  • J.P. Morgan & Co., 310
  • J.S. Conover (tradesman), 139
  • Jackson family, 755, 831
  • Jackson, A.
  • Kahn, Sahadeath, 1120
  • Kaiser Wilhelm II (Steamship), 714, 769, 774, 775, 776, 777, 791, 792, 793
  • Kaiser William II, 683, 705
  • Kaiserhaus Hotel, 811
  • Kaiserhof Hotel, Bad Nauheim, 722, 723, 724, 726
  • Kaiser-i-Hind Hotel, Jaipur, India, 1123
  • Kalakaua, David (King), 72, 93, 182, 187, 192
  • Kalm, Lili, 123
  • Kanpur, India, 1119, 1120
  • Kaolatype, 75, 77, 155, 159, 375, 376, 378, 417, 760
  • Karr, William S, 746
  • Karr, William S.
  • L’Abbé Constantin by Ludovic Halevy, 562
  • La Bourboule, France, 920, 921, 922, 924, 925, 926
  • La Bourgogne (Steamship), 508
  • La Cossitt, Henry, 1204
  • La Gascogne (Steamship), 508, 685
  • La Voult, France, 651
  • Labadie-Lagrave, M., 977
  • Labouchère, Henry (Baron Taunton), 663, 667
  • Labouchère, Mary Lady, 359
  • Labully Hotel, 647
  • Lachalte, James, 705
  • LaCopitt, Jane A., 662
  • Lacy, John F., 109
  • Ladies Home Journal, 390, 606, 60
  • M.T.R.&G. Club, 669
  • Macaulay, Thomas Babington, 1130
  • History of England, etc., 125, 126
  • MacDonald, Anna S., 481
  • MacDonald, George, 452, 459, 1211
  • MacDonald, Louise (Mrs. George MacDonald), 1211
  • MacDonald, Mary C., 296, 297, 298, 328, 347, 353, 399
  • Macdonald, T.H., 592, 593
  • MacFall, Frances Elizabeth.
  • N.Z. Observer and Free Lance, 1083
  • Nan, Henry, 347
  • Napier, N.Z., 1084, 1085
  • Nasby, Petroleum Vesuvius. See Locke, David Ross
  • Nashville College, 1211
  • Natal Mercury, 1137, 1139, 1151
  • Natal Witness, 1140, 1141
  • Nathan Hale Statue by Gerhardt, 23
  • Nation, The, 737, 767
  • National Album, The etc.
  • O’Bannon, Mr., 1033
  • O’Brien & Co., 296
  • O’Brien, Desmond, 460
  • O’Brien, William Desmond, 212
  • O’Connor, T.P. (Editor), 479, 559
  • O’Hagan, John, 769
  • O’Hagan, Thomas, 177
  • O’Meeghan, P., 1078
  • O’Neil, Ellen, 612, 708, 769, 1187
  • O’Neil, John, 139, 153, 165, 171, 182, 192, 202, 206, 215, 222, 230, 401, 407, 612, 619, 708, 751, 769, 774, 1180
  • O’Neill, James, 81
  • O’Reilly, Bernard, 38, 61, 73, 90
  • O’Reilly, John Boyle, 358
    • In Bohemia, 109
  • O’Rell, Max.
  • P. Berry & Sons, 172, 213, 224
  • P.D. Ryan (Hartford tailor), 519
  • P.H. Smith (Livery), 526
  • Paddles and Politics Down the Danube by Poultney Bigelow, 676
  • Page (Admiral), 706
  • Page (Captain), 748
  • Page, J.
  • Q. K. Philander Doesticks.
  • R.P. Kenyon & Co., N.Y., 472
  • Radical (London), 71
  • Ragsdale, Bill, 26
  • Ragtime (movie, inspiration for), 250
  • Raid and Reform By a Pretoria Prisoner by Dr. Alfred Hillier, 1165
  • Raid of the Russian Cruiser “Kaskowiski”, etc., The by David Luckie, 1083
  • Railway Club Theatre, Allahabad, 1109
  • Rainier Club, Seattle, 1043
  • Rainier Hotel, Seattle, 1043
  • Ralston, H.N.