ALS, [186-] December 14 : United States Senate Chamber, Washington, D.C., to A.T. Goodman.

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ALS, [186-] December 14 : United States Senate Chamber, Washington, D.C., to A.T. Goodman.

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A recommendation from the Nevada senator. Nye, a former governor of Nevada, was scheduled to introduce Mark Twain at his Cooper Union speech in 1867 but never showed up, causing Twain to needle him from the stage.

1 p. ; 19 x 12 cm.

Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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Twain, Mark, 1835-1910

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Mark Twain (b. Samuel Langhorne Clemens, November 30, 1835, Florida, MO – d. April 21, 1910, Redding, CT) was an American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer. Among his novels are The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) and its sequel, the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885). Twain served an apprenticeship with a printer and then worked as a typesetter, contributing articles to the newspaper of his older brother Orion Clemens. He later became a riverboat pil...

Nye, James W. (James Warren), 1814-1876

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First governor of Nev. (Territory), 1861-1864, and U.S. Senator, 1864-1873. Nye and his wife Mary E. were originally from New York City, N.Y. From the description of Deeds, 1861-1862. (University of Nevada, Reno). WorldCat record id: 43917342 Governor of the Territory of Nevada, 1861-1864; U.S. senator from Nevada, 1864-1873. From the description of James Warren Nye papers, 1861-1872. (Nevada State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 85428106 U.S. s...

Goodman, A. T.

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