November 30, 1853 (Wednesday)
Entry Date: November 30, 1853 (Wednesday)
Entry: Sam’s eighteenth birthday.
Author: David H. Fears
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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 laugh-fest. Sam noted the attraction of “two fat women, one weighing 764, and the other 769 pounds, to ‘astonish the natives’ ” [MTL 1: 30-1].
Author: David H. Fears
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a) Samuel Clemens' Publications Mentioned:
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- MTL 1 : 30-1
