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22 July 2026

• 17:2317:23, 22 July 2026 diff hist +1,970 N August 7, 1854 (Monday) Created page with "Entry Date: August 7, 1854 (Monday) Entry: In St. Louis, Sam boarded with the Paveys, formerly of Hannibal. Sam’s roommate was Jacob H. Burrough (1827-1883) “a journeyman chairmaker with a taste for Dickens, Thackeray, Scott, and Disraeli” [''MTB'' 103]. (See also ''MTNJ 1'': 37n45, & Nov. 1, 1876 letter to Jacob H. Burrough.) In a Dec. 15, 1900 letter to Jacob’s son, '''Frank E. Burrough''' (1865-1903), Sam recalled the boarding house: <blockquote>“It was a..." current
• 17:2217:22, 22 July 2026 diff hist +766 N Summer, late, 1854 Created page with "Entry Date: Summer, late, 1854 Entry: Sam, “obliged by financial stress to go home,” does so. In 1906 Sam recalled: <blockquote>“I went back to the Mississippi Valley, sitting upright in the smoking-car two or three days and nights. When I reached St. Louis I was exhausted. I went to bed on board a steamboat that was bound for Muscatine. I fell asleep at once, with my clothes on, and didn’t wake again for thirty-six hours –” [Neider 95; ''MTL 1'': 45-6]. </..." current
• 17:2217:22, 22 July 2026 diff hist +641 N March 24, 1854 (Friday) Created page with "Entry Date: March 24, 1854 (Friday) Entry: Sam’s letter of Feb. 17 and 18 was printed in the Muscatine ''Journal'' [''MTL 1'': 40]. <u>April</u> –Sam may have returned home as early as April, as there is no mention of him working in New York during this period in later letters or notes. Author: David H. Fears ---- 1) People Mentioned: * Samuel Langhorne Clemens ---- 2) Corporate Bodies Mentioned: * Muscatine Journal * ---- 3) Places Mentioned: * New..." current
• 17:2117:21, 22 July 2026 diff hist +1,505 N March, mid 1854 Created page with "Entry Date: March, mid 1854 Entry: Sam returned to New York. There are no letters for this period, so the reasons are unclear, but it was probable that he lost his job, given that his pay in Philadelphia was more than he’d received in New York. It’s also possible that Sam was growing restless, having been away from home nearly a year. There are unclaimed letters for Sam in Philadelphia dated Mar. 10 and also Mar. 17, indicating he had gone to New York by Mar. 10. Sa..." current
• 17:2017:20, 22 July 2026 diff hist +546 N February 23, 1854 (Thursday) Created page with "Entry Date: February 23, 1854 (Thursday) Entry: By this date, Sam had returned to '''Philadelphia'''. He worked for about two weeks on the ''Ledger'' and ''North American'' [''MTL 1'': 44]. Bliss writes he returned on this day [11]. Author: David H. Fears ---- 1) People Mentioned: * Samuel Langhorne Clemens ---- 2) Corporate Bodies Mentioned: * Philadelphia Public Ledger * * North American * ---- 3) Places Mentioned: * Philadelphia|Philadelphia, Penns..." current
• 17:1917:19, 22 July 2026 diff hist +2,703 N February 17, 1854 Created page with "Entry Date: February 17, 1854 Entry: In '''Washington, D.C.,''' Sam wrote to the Muscatine ''Journal''. He took a “stroll” around the capitol waiting for Congress to sit (Feb. 17) [''MTL 1'': 43n1]. even though the snow was “falling so thickly I could scarcely see across the street.” He described various buildings, including the unfinished '''Washington Monument'''. On Feb.19 he added description of the '''Smithsonian'''. Sam was particularly taken by the '''Mus..." current
• 17:1917:19, 22 July 2026 diff hist +653 N February 16, 1854 (Thursday) Created page with "Entry Date: February 16, 1854 (Thursday) Entry: Sam arrived at the Baltimore and Ohio station in Washington, D.C. for a short vacation that he called “a flying trip.” It is possible he stayed until Washington’s Birthday. Paine says he did not work there [''MTL 1'': 44; 11; 3; Bliss 1]. Author: David H. Fears ---- 1) People Mentioned: * Samuel Langhorne Clemens * Albert Bigelow Paine ---- 2) Corporate Bodies Mentioned: * Baltimore and Ohio Railroad..." current
• 17:1917:19, 22 July 2026 diff hist +406 N February 15, 1854 (Wednesday) Created page with "Entry Date: February 15, 1854 (Wednesday) Entry: Clemens took a night train in Philadelphia, which would arrive in Washington the next morning [Bliss 1]. Author: David H. Fears ---- 1) People Mentioned: * Samuel Langhorne Clemens ---- 2) Places Mentioned: * Philadelphia, Pennsylvania * Washington, D.C. * ---- 3) Publications Mentioned: c) References: * Bliss 1" current
• 17:1817:18, 22 July 2026 diff hist +1,262 N February 3, 1854 (Friday) Created page with "Entry Date: February 3, 1854 (Friday) Entry: Sam wrote another letter to the Muscatine ''Journal'', which was printed unsigned as “From Philadelphia Correspondence of the Journal.” He described going to a reception for '''Captains Low and Crighton''', visiting heroes to '''Philadelphia''' from the rescue of survivors in the steamship ''San Francisco'' on '''December 25, 1853'''. The reception was probably on '''Feb. 2''' [''MTL 1'': 39n3]. Sam also wrote of the Phil..." current
• 17:1817:18, 22 July 2026 diff hist +539 N January 6, 1854 (Friday) Created page with "Entry Date: January 6, 1854 (Friday) Entry: Sam’s letter of Dec. 24 from Philadelphia ran in the Muscatine ''Journal'' [''MTL 1'': 34]. Author: David H. Fears ---- 1) People Mentioned: * Samuel Langhorne Clemens ---- 2) Corporate Bodies Mentioned: * Muscatine Journal * ---- 3) Places Mentioned: * Philadelphia, Pennsylvania * Muscatine, Iowa ---- 4) Publications Mentioned: a) Samuel Clemens' Publications Mentioned: * Lett..." current
• 16:3616:36, 22 July 2026 diff hist −23 1853 →1853 Restless Typesetter current
• 16:3516:35, 22 July 2026 diff hist +582 N December 24, 1853 (Saturday) Created page with "Entry Date: December 24, 1853 (Saturday) Entry: In '''Philadelphia,''' Sam wrote to the Muscatine ''Journal'', describing the weather, a recent fire, the price of turkeys at $7 [''MTL 1'': 34-5]. Author: David H. Fears ---- 1) People Mentioned: * Samuel Langhorne Clemens ---- 2) Corporate Bodies Mentioned: * Muscatine Journal * ---- 3) Places Mentioned: * Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ---- 4) Publications Mentioned: a) Samuel Clemens' Publica..." current
• 16:3516:35, 22 July 2026 diff hist +572 N December 16, 1853 (Friday) Created page with "Entry Date: December 16, 1853 (Friday) Entry: Sam’s letter of Dec. 4 was printed in the Muscatine ''Journal'' [''MTL 1'': 30]. Author: David H. Fears ---- 1) People Mentioned: * Samuel Langhorne Clemens ---- 2) Corporate Bodies Mentioned: * Muscatine Journal * ---- 3) Places Mentioned: * Muscatine, Iowa ---- 4) Publications Mentioned: a) Samuel Clemens' Publications Mentioned: * Letter of Dec. 4 (printed in Muscatine Journal) * b) Prim..." current
• 16:3416:34, 22 July 2026 diff hist +1,687 N December 5, 1853 (Monday) Created page with " Entry Date: December 5, 1853 (Monday) Entry: In Philadelphia, Sam wrote a short note to sister Pamela: <blockquote>My Dear Sister: </blockquote> <blockquote>I have already written two letters within the last two hours, and you will excuse me if this is not lengthy. If I had the money, I would come to St. Louis now, while the river is open; [''i.e., not frozen''] but in the last two or three weeks I have spent about thirty dollars for clothing, so I suppose I shall rem..." current
• 16:3416:34, 22 July 2026 diff hist +1,118 N December 4, 1853 (Sunday) Created page with "Entry Date: December 4, 1853 (Sunday) Entry: In '''Philadelphia''', Sam wrote a letter to '''Orion’s''' newspaper, the Muscatine ''Journal'', describing the layout of the city, the “unaccountable feeling of awe” one feels when entering the '''Old State House''' in '''Chestnut Street''' where the '''Declaration of Independence''' was passed by Congress on July 4, 1776. He also told of a local practice of “free-and-easy” at saloons, which was a sort of karaoke l..." current
• 16:3416:34, 22 July 2026 diff hist −1,120 November 30, 1853 (Wednesday) No edit summary current
• 16:3316:33, 22 July 2026 diff hist +1,281 N November 30, 1853 (Wednesday) Created page with "Entry Date: November 30, 1853 (Wednesday) Entry: Sam’s eighteenth birthday. Author: David H. Fears ---- 1) People Mentioned: * Samuel Langhorne Clemens Entry Date: December 4, 1853 (Sunday) Entry: In '''Philadelphia''', Sam wrote a letter to '''Orion’s''' newspaper, the Muscatine ''Journal'', describing the layout of the city, the “unaccountable feeling of awe” one feels when entering the '''Old State House''' in '''Chestnut Street''' where the '''Decla..."
• 16:3316:33, 22 July 2026 diff hist +2,783 N November 28, 1853 (Monday) Created page with "Entry Date: November 28, 1853 (Monday) Entry: In Philadelphia, Sam wrote brother Orion after receiving his letter, not extant. <blockquote>My Dear Brother: </blockquote> <blockquote>I received your letter to-day. I think Ma ought to spend the winter in St Louis. I don’t believe in that climate—it’s too cold for her. [in Muscatine] </blockquote> <blockquote>The printers’ annual ball and supper came off the other night. The proceeds amounted to about $1.000. The..." current
• 16:3216:32, 22 July 2026 diff hist +574 N November 23, 1853 (Wednesday) Created page with "Entry Date: November 23, 1853 (Wednesday) Entry: Sam went to the third anniversary ball and banquet of Philadelphia Typographical Union No. 2. Publishing people met to discuss how to raise money for a monument to Benjamin Franklin [''MTL 1'': 28]. Author: David H. Fears ---- 1) People Mentioned: * Samuel Langhorne Clemens * Benjamin Franklin ---- 2) Corporate Bodies Mentioned: * Philadelphia Typographical Union No. 2 * ---- 3) Places Mentioned: * Phil..." current
• 14:0714:07, 22 July 2026 diff hist +665 N November 11, 1853 (Friday) Created page with "Entry Date: November 11, 1853 (Friday) Entry: Sam’s letter from Philadelphia of Oct. 26 to Orion and Henry was printed in the Muscatine ''Journal'' [''MTL 1'': 19]. Author: David H. Fears ---- 1) People Mentioned: * Samuel Langhorne Clemens * Orion Clemens * Henry Clemens ---- 2) Corporate Bodies Mentioned: * Muscatine Journal * ---- 3) Places Mentioned: * Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ---- 4) Publications Mentioned: a) Samuel Cleme..." current
• 14:0714:07, 22 July 2026 diff hist +1,154 N October 26, 1853 Created page with "Entry Date: October 26, 1853 Entry: <u>'''? 28 Friday'''</u>– In '''Philadelphia,''' Sam wrote to '''Orion''' and '''Henry'''. He received the last edition of the ''Journal'', which carried a notice that the paper had been sold, <blockquote>“…and I very naturally supposed from that, that the family had disbanded, and taken up winter quarters in St. Louis. Therefore, I have been writing to Pamela, till I’m tired of it, and have received no answer.” </blockquot..." current
• 14:0614:06, 22 July 2026 diff hist +922 N October 19, 1853 Created page with "Entry Date: October 19, 1853 Entry: <u>21 Friday</u> – Sam left New York for Philadelphia. The trip lasted four and a half hours, by steamboat from New York to South Amboy, New Jersey and from there by train to Camden, ferry across the Delaware River. In several letters, Sam decided he liked Philadelphia much more than New York [''MTL 1'': 28n20]. Paine briefly mentions a boarding-house roommate, an Englishman named Sumner who now and then grilled herring, which was..." current
• 14:0614:06, 22 July 2026 diff hist +1,175 N October 8, 1853 (Saturday) Created page with "Entry Date: October 8, 1853 (Saturday) Entry: In '''New York,''' Sam wrote to '''Pamela,''' saying he hadn’t written to any of the family for some time and gave the reason that he had “been fooling myself with the idea that I was going to leave New York, every day for the last two weeks. I have taken a liking to the abominable place…” He confessed he didn’t know where the family was, due to his receipt some days before of the final issue of the ''Journal''. He..." current
• 13:4813:48, 22 July 2026 diff hist +601 N September 30, 1853 (Friday) Created page with "Entry Date: September 30, 1853 (Friday) Entry: The Muscatine ''Journal'' published its first edition. '''Orion''' sent a copy to Sam, who later submitted letters for '''Orion''' to use in the paper [Powers, ''Dangerous'' 230]. Author: David H. Fears ---- 1) People Mentioned: * Orion Clemens * Samuel Langhorne Clemens ---- 2) Corporate Bodies Mentioned: * Muscatine Journal * ---- 3) Places Mentioned: * Muscatine, Iowa ---- 4) Publications M..." current
• 13:4713:47, 22 July 2026 diff hist +643 N September 22, 1853 (Thursday) Created page with "Entry Date: September 22, 1853 (Thursday) Entry: '''Orion''' sold the Hannibal ''Journal'' and moved the family to '''Muscatine, Iowa''', where he soon started another paper, the Muscatine ''Journal'' with a partner, '''John Mahin''' [''MTL 1'': 18n3; Powers, ''Dangerous'' 229-30]. Author: David H. Fears ---- 1) People Mentioned: * Orion Clemens * John Mahin ---- 2) Corporate Bodies Mentioned: * Hannibal Journal * * Muscatine Journal * ---- 3) Places..." current
• 13:4613:46, 22 July 2026 diff hist +637 N September 10, 1853 (Saturday) Created page with "Entry Date: September 10, 1853 (Saturday) Entry: Orion printed Sam’s Aug. 31 letter to his mother as an unsigned article in the Hannibal ''Journal'' [Camfield, bibliog.]. Author: David H. Fears ---- 1) People Mentioned: * Orion Clemens * Samuel Langhorne Clemens * Jane Lampton Clemens ---- 2) Corporate Bodies Mentioned: * Hannibal Journal * ---- 3) Places Mentioned: * Hannibal, Missouri ---- 4) Publications Mentioned: a) Samuel Cleme..." current
• 13:4613:46, 22 July 2026 diff hist +622 N September 5, 1853 (Monday) Created page with "Entry Date: September 5, 1853 (Monday) Entry: Orion printed Sam’s Aug. 24 letter to his mother as an unsigned article in the Hannibal ''Journal'' [Camfield, bibliog.]. Author: David H. Fears ---- 1) People Mentioned: * Orion Clemens * Samuel Langhorne Clemens * Jane Lampton Clemens ---- 2) Corporate Bodies Mentioned: * Hannibal Journal * ---- 3) Places Mentioned: * Hannibal, Missouri ---- 4) Publications Mentioned: a) Samuel Clemens'..." current
• 13:4613:46, 22 July 2026 diff hist +3,306 N September 3, 1853 (Saturday) Created page with "Entry Date: September 3, 1853 (Saturday) Entry: In '''New York,''' Sam wrote at 2 AM to his sister, '''Pamela Moffett''' in '''St. Louis.''' After describing '''Crystal Palace''' of the '''World’s Fair''', he wrote that the daily visitors average 6,000, double '''Hannibal’s''' population, and that the city’s water was supplied by the '''Croton Aqueduct''' from a reservoir in '''Westchester County''', some thirty eight miles away. Such figures impressed Sam. After..." current
• 13:4513:45, 22 July 2026 diff hist +5,970 N August 31, 1853 (Wednesday) Created page with "Entry Date: August 31, 1853 (Wednesday) Entry: In New York, Sam wrote to his mother, Jane Clemens, of his new position, his rooming house, a derogatory description of “brats” in the city, and food. <blockquote>My dear Mother: </blockquote> <blockquote>New York is at present overstocked with printers; and I suppose they are from the South, driven North by the yellow fever. I got a permanent situation on Monday morning, in a book and job office, and went to work. The..." current
• 13:4413:44, 22 July 2026 diff hist +680 N August 29, 1853 (Monday) Created page with "Entry Date: August 29, 1853 (Monday) Entry: Sam got “a permanent situation…in a book and job office and went to work.” He was paid 23 cents per 1000 ems, the lowest rate. He worked in the fifth floor office of John A. Gray, 95-97 Cliff Street [''MTL 1'': 9; Powers, ''MT A Life'' 65]. His earnings were four dollars a week; he managed to save as much as fifty cents a week [''MTB'' 96]. Author: David H. Fears ---- 1) People Mentioned: * [[Samuel Langhorne Clemens]..." current
• 13:4413:44, 22 July 2026 diff hist +6,200 N August 24, 1853 (Wednesday) Created page with "Entry Date: August 24, 1853 (Wednesday) Entry: “…and from Albany to New York, by Hudson river steamboat [''Isaac Newton''], another day—an awful trip, taking five days, where it should have been only three” [''MTL 1'': 3]. Sam arrived in '''New York City''' at 5 AM with “two or three dollars in his pocket and a ten-dollar bill concealed in the lining of his coat” [''MTB'' 95; ''MTL 1'': 5n2; Powers, ''MT A Life'' 64]. (See letter of this date for a more exac..." current
• 13:4313:43, 22 July 2026 diff hist +543 N August 23, 1853 (Tuesday) Created page with "Entry Date: August 23, 1853 (Tuesday) Entry: 7 AM “from Buffalo to Albany, on the “Lightning Express” railroad, another day” [''MTL 1'': 3; Powers, ''MT A Life'' 64]. Dempsey gives this train trip as beginning at 8 A.M. [232]. Author: David H. Fears ---- 1) People Mentioned: * Dempsey * ---- 2) Places Mentioned: * Buffalo, New York * Albany, New York ---- 3) Transportation Mentioned: * Lightning Express (train) ---- 4) Public..." current
• 13:4313:43, 22 July 2026 diff hist +775 N August 22, 1853 (Monday) Created page with "Entry Date: August 22, 1853 (Monday) Entry: 8 AM “from Monroe, across Lake Erie, in the fine Lake palace, ‘Southern Michigan,’ to '''Buffalo''', another day. Sam would revisit '''Buffalo''' and '''Niagara Falls''' in '''1869''' [''MTL 1'': 3; Reigstad 59]. Dempsey: “He traveled to Buffalo, New York, aboard the steamer ''Southern Michigan''” [Dempsey 232]. Author: David H. Fears ---- 1) People Mentioned: * Samuel Langhorne Clemens * Dempsey * ---- 2)..." current
• 13:4213:42, 22 July 2026 diff hist +988 N August 21, 1853 (Sunday) Created page with "Entry Date: August 21, 1853 (Sunday) Entry: Sam took the 9 PM Michigan Central to '''Toledo, Ohio,''' then to '''Monroe, Michigan''' on the Northern Indiana and Michigan Southern railroads [Dempsey 232]. In his letter he wrote he traveled from '''Chicago''' to '''Monroe, Michigan''' “by railroad, another day” [''MTL 1'': 3]. Author: David H. Fears ---- 1) People Mentioned: * Samuel Langhorne Clemens ---- 2) Corporate Bodies Mentioned: * Michigan Central Ra..." current
• 13:4213:42, 22 July 2026 diff hist +612 N August 20, 1853 (Saturday) Created page with "Entry Date: August 20, 1853 (Saturday) Entry: Sam took the Illinois Central line to '''LaSalle''', then the Chicago and Rock Island into '''Chicago,''' arriving at 7 PM [''MTL 1'': 5n2; Dempsey 232]'''.''' He “laid over all day Sunday” [''MTL 1'': 3]. Author: David H. Fears ---- 1) People Mentioned: * Samuel Langhorne Clemens ---- 2) Corporate Bodies Mentioned: * Illinois Central * * Chicago and Rock Island * ---- 3) Places Mentioned: * LaSalle|La..." current
• 13:4113:41, 22 July 2026 diff hist +1,137 N August 19, 1853 (Friday) Created page with "Entry Date: August 19, 1853 (Friday) Entry: At 8 AM Sam boarded a boat and started a journey by train and boat to '''New York'''. He did not tell his mother about the trip, which took about five days. From '''St. Louis''' to '''Alton, Ill''' by the sidewheeler steamer ''Cornelia'', 11:00 AM, from Alton to '''Springfield''' on the partly completed Chicago and Mississippi Railroad; by '''Frink’s''' stage to '''Bloomington, Ind.''' [''MTL 1'': 5n2]. Dempsey notes that th..." current
• 13:4013:40, 22 July 2026 diff hist +1 1853 →1853 Restless Typesetter
• 13:4013:40, 22 July 2026 diff hist +1,656 N Summer, 1853 Created page with "Entry Date: Summer, 1853 Entry: '''St. Louis''' in the summer of 1853 was a burgeoning city of 100,000 souls, the largest city of the West. The city offered Western freedom together with many of the luxuries and affectations of the East. For a young man from '''Hannibal''', such a city must have been dazzling. Sam had kept plans secret from his family, to work in St. Louis long enough to make fare to '''New York City.''' Sam had read stories about the '''World’s Fair'..." current
• 13:3913:39, 22 July 2026 diff hist +1,359 N June 11, 1853 (Saturday) Created page with "Entry Date: June 11, 1853 (Saturday) Entry: '''Orion''' failed to get out the Hannibal ''Daily Journal'' for a whole month, beginning on this date. In one sense, Sam never truly left '''Hannibal'''—he carried it in his heart and memory and poured it out into ''The Adventures of Tom Sawyer'' and ''Huckleberry Finn''. Hannibal in those pages would become a universal boyhood home, an icon like the man himself. Sam would visit again in '''1882''' to gather material for ''..." current
• 13:3913:39, 22 July 2026 diff hist +930 N June 2, 1853 (Thursday) Created page with "Entry Date: June 2, 1853 (Thursday) Entry: Four unsigned news articles appeared in the ''Journal'' attributed to Sam days after he left town: “Friday Evening, May 27, 1853,” “Saturday Evening, May 28, 1853,” “Monday Evening, May 30, 1853. Small Pox Gone,” and “Tuesday Evening, May 31, 1853” [Camfield, bibliog.]. It is likely that Sam had left these, either complete or for '''Orion''' to finish and use as he saw fit. Sam’s only other items in the ''Jour..." current
• 13:3813:38, 22 July 2026 diff hist +880 N May 27, 1853 (Friday) Created page with "Entry Date: May 27, 1853 (Friday) Entry: By this time Sam was in St. Louis to find his way in the world. Paine writes he took a night boat to St. Louis [''MTB'' 94]. Sam likely stayed with his sister Pamela and found work as a typesetter. He vowed never to let a place trap him again. Orion was so depressed that he did not publish another edition of the ''Journal'' for a month [Powers, ''Dangerous'' 217]. Author: David H. Fears ---- 1) People Mentioned: * Samuel Lan..." current
• 13:3813:38, 22 July 2026 diff hist +977 N May 26, 1853 (Thursday) Created page with "Entry Date: May 26, 1853 (Thursday) Entry: Sam wrote his last “Assistant’s Column” inserting a paragraph about the Crystal Palace in New York City. He wrote that the fifteen to twenty thousand persons who were “continually congregated” there engaged in “drunkenness and debauching…carried on to their fullest extent.” Sam was thinking about leaving Hannibal by this time, and New York may have already been his desired destination, but he spoke only of St. L..." current
• 13:3813:38, 22 July 2026 diff hist +816 N May 25, 1853 (Wednesday) Created page with "Entry Date: May 25, 1853 (Wednesday) Entry: Sam wrote another “Assistant’s Column” in the ''Journal'' [''MTL 1'':2]. A notice first ran in the ''Journal'': “WANTED! AN APPRENTICE OF THE PRINTING BUSINESS. APPLY SOON.” The ad ran for two weeks. Wecter concludes this date marked Sam’s departure from Hannibal [Wecter 263]. Sam had promised his mother that he would abstain from cards and liquor [Wecter 262]. Author: David H. Fears ---- 1) People Mentioned:..." current
• 13:3713:37, 22 July 2026 diff hist +1,363 N May 23, 1853 (Monday) Created page with "Entry Date: May 23, 1853 (Monday) Entry: Sam wrote in “Our Assistant’s Column” of the ''Journal'' that the steamboat ''Jennie Deans'' had put ashore two children stricken with cholera [Branch, “Steersman” 206n10]. More importantly, Sam poked fun at the rival town of '''Quincy, Illinois''' (“one horse town with stern wheel prospects”), and insulted the Bloomington (Missouri) ''Republican'' [Wecter 261]. Sam was an instigator, forever trying to stir up fun..." current
• 13:3713:37, 22 July 2026 diff hist +402 N May 20, 1853 (Friday) Created page with "Entry Date: May 20, 1853 (Friday) Entry: An unsigned/attributed “Editorial Comment on Abner Gilstrap” appeared in the ''Journal'' [Camfield, bibliog.]. Author: David H. Fears ---- 1) People Mentioned: * Abner Gilstrap ---- 2) Corporate Bodies Mentioned: * Journal * ---- 3) Publications Mentioned: a) Samuel Clemens' Publications Mentioned: * Editorial comment on Abner Gilstrap" current
• 13:3713:37, 22 July 2026 diff hist +1,457 N May 18, 1853 (Wednesday) Created page with "Entry Date: May 18, 1853 (Wednesday) Entry: Westward emigrant parties were making their way through Hannibal—Mormons headed to Salt Lake and gold seekers to California. The Hannibal ''Daily Journal'' of this date ran a typical notice: <blockquote>Several California teams passed through here this morning. Messrs. T.W. Bunberry, A.J. Price, and Sam’l Fry started this morning with a good, light wagon and four yoke of fine oxen [Benson 22]. </blockquote> <blockquote></..." current
• 13:3613:36, 22 July 2026 diff hist +1,020 N May 14, 1853 (Saturday) Created page with "Entry Date: May 14, 1853 (Saturday) Entry: Sam wrote “News Item About Steamboat Arrivals,” in the ''Journal'' as “'''Rambler''',” praising the “charming” steamboat ''Kate Kearney'', which “came walking the water like a thing of life” [Branch, “Steersman” 206n10]. '''Orion''', upon his return he printed an editorial “commanding the peace [as]. in the manner of Judge Clemens” [Wecter 259]. “It is a great bore to us,” wrote Orion in the ''Journa..." current
• 13:3613:36, 22 July 2026 diff hist +2,032 N May 12, 1853 (Thursday) Created page with "Entry Date: May 12, 1853 (Thursday) Entry: Four items appeared in the ''Journal'' using Sam’s various pen names or unsigned and attributed to him: “Drunken Spree on the Ferry Boat,” (unsigned); “For the Daily Journal,”(signed by “'''Peter Pencilcase’s Son, John Snooks'''”); “Increase in the Population of England for 1853,” (unsigned); and a poem, “Separation,” (“'''Rambler'''”) [Camfield, bibliog.]. <u>'''May 13 Friday'''</u> –Wecter says..." current
• 13:3513:35, 22 July 2026 diff hist +771 N May 10, 1853 (Tuesday) Created page with "Entry Date: May 10, 1853 (Tuesday) Entry: A signed “Grumbler” ''Journal'' item titled, “To Rambler,” continued the back and forth faux controversy. “Sunday Amusements,” an article written for the ''Journal'', and signed only “J” is attributed to Sam [''ET&S 1'': 376]. This verbal sparing anticipated the exercises with “'''The Unreliable''',” a rival '''Virginia City''' journalist. Author: David H. Fears ---- 1) People Mentioned: * Samuel Langhor..." current
• 13:3513:35, 22 July 2026 diff hist +587 N May 9, 1853 (Monday) Created page with "Entry Date: May 9, 1853 (Monday) Entry: Two items ran in the ''Journal'', one signed “'''Rambler'''” and one unsigned and attributed to Sam—“For the Daily Journal,” and “Nonsense Riddle. Making a Bid for Subscription Remittances” [Camfield, bibliog.]. Author: David H. Fears ---- 1) People Mentioned: * Samuel Langhorne Clemens ---- 2) Publications Mentioned: a) Samuel Clemens' Publications Mentioned: * For the Daily Journal * Nonsense Riddle...." current