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1 New York, Tuesday, January 23, 1906 - About a meeting at Carnegie Hall, in the interest of Booker Washington's Tuskegee Institute  johng PL OK
2 THE CHARACTER OF MAN  johng PL OK
3 New York, Wednesday, January 24, 1906 - Mr. Blaine for the Presidency, Clemens's, Twichell's, Goodwin's votes for Cleveland.  johng PL OK
4 New York, Thursday, February 1, 1906 - Subject of January 24th continued.--Mr. Twichell's unpopular vote.  johng PL OK
5 New York, February 1, 1906  johng PL OK
6 New York, Friday, February 2, 1906 - Subject of February first continued.--The death of Susy Clemens. Ends with mention of Dr. John Brown.  johng PL OK
7 New York, Monday, February 5, 1906 - Dr. John Brown continued.--Incidents connected with Susy Clemens's childhood.--Bad spelling, etc.  johng PL OK
8 New York, Tuesday, February 6, 1906 - Playing "The Prince and the Pauper."--Acting charades, etc.  johng PL OK
9 Wednesday, February 7, 1906 - Susy Clemens's biography of her father.--Mr. Clemens's opinion of critics, etc.  johng PL OK
10 New York, Thursday, February 8, 1906 - Susy Clemens's bio (cont.).  johng PL OK
11 New York, Friday, February 9, 1906 - Susy's ref. to "The Prince and the Pauper."  johng PL OK
12 New York, Monday, February 12, 1906 - Susy's bio cont.--Tricks played in "Tom Sawyer."--Skating on the Mississippi with Tom Nash, etc.  johng PL OK
13 New York, Tuesday, February 13, 1906 - Susy's bio cont.--1st meeting of Mr. Clemens and Miss Langdon.--Miss Langdon an invalid.--Doctor Newton.  johng PL OK
14 New York, Wednesday, February 14, 1906 - About the accident which prolonged Mr. Clemens's visit at the Langdons'.  johng PL OK
15 New York, Thursday, February 15, 1906 - Susy's bio cont.--Death of Mr. Langdon.--Birth of Langdon Clemens.  johng PL OK
16 Friday, February 16, 1906 - Susy's biography mentions little Langdon.--The change of residence from Buffalo to Hartford.--Mr. Clemens tells of the sale of his Buffalo paper.  johng PL OK
17 Tuesday, February 20, 1906 - About Rear-Admiral Wilkes.--And meeting Mr. Anson Burlingame in Honolulu.  johng PL OK
18 New York, Wednesday, February 21, 1906 - Mr. Langdon just escapes being a railway magnate.  johng PL OK
19 New York, Thursday, February 22, 1906 - Susy's on grandfather Langdon.--Mr. Clemens tells about Mr. Atwater, Mr. David Gray, and about meeting David Gray, Jr.  johng PL OK
20 Friday, February 23, 1906 - Mr. Clemens tells how he became a business man.  johng PL OK
21 Monday, February 26, 1906 - Susy & mother in New York.--Aunt Clara at the Everett House.--The omnibus incident in Germany.--Aunt Clara ill at Hoffman House--Clemens takes Susy to see General Grant--Clemens gives his first reading in New York--Memorial to Mr. Longfellow, and one in Washington.  johng PL OK
22 Monday, March 5, 1906 - Mrs. Clemens's warning when he attends the Cleveland White House .--The Paris house in 1893--also room in Villa Viviani--also dining-room at Riverdale.--Letter from Mr. Gilder regarding Mr. Cleveland's sixty-ninth birthday.--Mason.  johng PL OK
23 Tuesday, March 6, 1906 - Clemens makes Baby Ruth intercede in behalf of Mason, and is retained in his place.--Clemens's letter to ex-President Cleveland.--Cleveland as sheriff, in Buffalo.--As Mayor, he vetoes ordinance of railway corporation.--Clemens and Cable visit Governor Cleveland at Albany.  johng PL OK
24 Wednesday, March 7, 1906 - Susy's bio cont.--Susy and her father go over Brooklyn Bridge.--On the way to Vassar, discuss German profanity.--Clemens tells of German nurse.--Clemens's opinion of girls.--Talks to Barnard girls this afternoon.  johng PL OK
25 Thursday, March 8, 1906 - Letter from brother of Captain Tonkray.-- original of "Huckleberry Finn" Tom Blankenship.--Tom's father Town Drunkard.--Death of Injun Joe.--Incident of the Episcopal sextons.--Mr. Dawson's school in Hannibal.--Arch Fuqua's great gift.  johng PL OK
26 Friday, March 9, 1906 - Clemens on schoolmates in Dawson's Hannibal school: George RoBards and Mary Moss; John RoBards; John Garth and Helen Kercheval.--Kercheval's slave woman and his apprentice saved Clemens from drowning.--Meredith, Civil War guerilla chief.--Will and Sam Bowen, Mississippi pilots--died of yellow fever.  johng PL OK
27 Monday, March 12, 1906 - Clemens on the killing of 600 Moros--men, women and children--near Jolo in the Philippines--our troops commanded by General Wood.--Contrasts this "battle" with other military history.--The newspapers on the announcements.--The President's message of congratulation.  johng PL OK
28 Wednesday, March 14, 1906 - Moro slaughter cont.--Luncheon for Geo. Harvey.--Opinions of the guests as to Moro fight.--General Wood cable explaining and apologizing.--President Roosevelt's joy.--McKinley's joy over capture of Aguinaldo.  johng PL OK
29 Monday, March 5, 1906 - (Dictated March 15th) Clemens talks to West Side YMCA in Majestic Theater.--Patrick's funeral.--Luncheon at Hartford Club.--Clemens meets 11old friends.--Twichell's story on board the "Kanawha," about Richard Croker's father.--The Mary Ann story!--Decoration Day and Twichell's interrupted prayer.  johng PL OK
30 Friday, March 16, 1906 - Schoolmates of 60 years ago: Mary Miller, Artimisia Briggs, & Mary Lacy, early sweethearts--Jimmie McDaniel, and Clemens' first humorous story.--Richmond, Sunday-school teacher & owner of Tom Sawyer's cave.--Hickman, the showy young captain.--Reuel Gridley, and the sack of flour.--The Levin Jew boys called Twenty-two.--George Butler, nephew of Ben Butler.--Will Bowen & catching the measles.  johng PL OK
31 Wednesday, March 21, 1906 - Mental telegraphy.--Letter from Jock Brown.--Search for Dr. John Brown's letters a failure.--Twichell and his wife, Harmony, have an adventure in Scotland.--Twichell's picture of a military execution.--Players' Club foundation & Mismanagement leading to Clemens'expulsion.  johng PL OK
32 Friday, March 22, 1906 - Susy's biography.--Langdon's illness and death.--Susy on meeting Dr. John Brown, Charles Kingsley, Henry M. Stanley, Sir Thomas Hardy, Henry Irving, Robert Browning, Sir Charles Dilke, Charles Reade, William Black, Lord Houghton, Frank Buckland, Tom Hughes, Anthony Trollope, Tom Hood, Dr. Macdonald, and Harrison Ainsworth.--Clemens meets Lewis Carroll--Luncheon at Lord Houghton's.--Letters from Mr. and Mrs. Clemens to Dr. Brown.  johng PL OK
33 Friday, March 23, 1906 - Some curious letter superscriptions which have come to Clemens.--Our inefficient postal system under Postmaster-General Key.--Reminiscences of Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe.--Story of Rev. Charlie Stowe's little boy.  johng PL OK
34 Monday, March 26, 1906 - Clemens comments on newspaper clipping.--Tells Howells the scheme of this autobiography.--Tells the newspaper account of girl who tried to commit suicide.--Newspapers in remote villages and in great cities contrasted.--Remarks about Capt. E. L. Marsh and Dick Higham.--Higbie's letter, and "Herald" letter to Higbie.  johng PL OK
35 Tuesday, March 27, 1906 - Higbie's spelling.--Clemens's scheme for getting Higbie a job at the Pioneer.--In 1863 Clemens goes to Virginia City to be sole reporter on "Territorial Enterprise."--Clemens tries his scheme for finding employment for the unemployed, on a young St. Louis reporter, with great success. Also worked the scheme for his nephew, Samuel E. Moffett.  johng PL OK
36 Wednesday, March 28, 1906 - Orion Clemens's personality.--His adventure at the house of Dr. Meredith.--Death of Clemens' father, just after having been made county judge.  johng PL OK
37 Thursday, March 29, 1906 - Clemens as apprentice to Ament.--Wilhelm H's dinner.--Printing of Rev. Campbell's sermon.--Orion buys Hannibal "Journal," goes to Muscatine, Iowa, and marries.--Clemens visits St. Louis, New York, Philadelphia, Washington, & to Muscatine to work with Orion's --gets Horace Bixby to train him as pilot--starts with Orion for Nevada.  johng PL OK
38 Friday, March 30, 1906 - Clemens's interview with Tchaykoffsky.--Presides at a meeting of association for the adult blind.--First meeting with Helen Keller.--Helen Keller's letter, which Clemens read at this meeting.  johng PL OK
39 Monday, April 2, 1906 - Government of new Territory of Nevada.--Gov. Nye and the practical jokers.--Clemens begins journalistic life on Virginia City "Enterprise"--reports legislative sessions.--He and Orion prosper.--Orion builds $12,000 house.--Gov. Nye turns Territory of Nevada into a state.  johng PL OK
40 Wednesday, April 4, 1906 - The Morris case again.--Scope of this autobiography, a mirror.--More about Nast sale; laurels for Clemens.--Clippings in regard to Woman's University Club reception; Clemens comments on them.--Vassar benefit at Hudson Theater; Clemens meets many old friends.  johng PL OK
41 Thursday, April 5, 1906 - Ellen Terry's farewell banquet, on 50th anniversary.--Clemens' cablegram.--Clemens has fine new idea for a play; Hammond Trumbull squelches it.--Orion Clemens is defeated as Secretary of State.--At Camp's suggestion Clemens speculates unfortunately.--Camp offers to buy Tennessee land for $200,000.--Orion refuses.--Clemens discovers he still owns 1,000 acres of the Tennessee land.--Orion gets position on Hartford "Evening Post."--returns to Keokuk to raise chickens.  johng PL OK
42 Friday, April 6, 1906 - Clemens's present house unsatisfactory because of no sunshine.---Clemens meets Etta in Washington Square. Recalls ballroom in Virginia City 44 years ago.--Orion resumed; he invents wood-sawing machine; invents steam canal boat.--Orion's autobiography.--His death.  johng PL OK
43 Monday, April 9, 1906 - Letter from French girl inclosing cable about "Huck Finn."--The Juggernaut Club.--Letter from librarian of Brooklyn Public Library in regard to "Huckleberry Finn" and "Tom Sawyer."--Clemens' reply.--Deluge of reporters trying to discover contents of letter.  johng PL OK
44 Tuesday, April 10, 1906 - Child's letter about "Huckleberry Finn" being flung out of Concord Library.--Ambassador White's autobiography.--Clemens' version of the Fiske-Cornell episode.--Another scheme for employing the unemployed.--This client wins the Fiske lawsuit.  johng PL OK
45 Wednesday, April 11, 1906 - Frank Fuller and his enthusiastic launching of Clemens's first New York lecture.--Results not in fortune, but in fame.--Leads to a lecture tour under direction of Redpath.--Clipping in regard to Frank Fuller, and Clemens' comments.  johng PL OK