Papers, 1874-1891.

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Papers, 1874-1891.

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Volume of Thompson's autobiographical sketches, describing his childhood in Canton, Ga., Georgia during the Civil War, and his visit to Virginia in 1863, and other memoranda. Brief reference is made to his having served as Mark Twain's secretary in 1874. Also letters from England and Wales and Thompson's photograph.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins 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...

Thompson, Samuel Chalmers, b. 1848.

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Born Canton, Cherokee County, Georgia. Educated at the University of Georgia and Trinity College, Hartford, Conn. Whaler, teacher, and clergyman. From the description of Papers, 1874-1891. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 16014670 ...